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US, Japan, South Korea step up efforts to counter North Korea cyber-threats

South Korea's National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong (C) shakes hands with US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (L) and Japan's National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Takeo Akiba in Seoul, South Korea on December 9, 2023 [Chung Sung-Jun/Reuters]

The United States, South Korea and Japan have agreed on new efforts to respond to North Korea’s threats in cyberspace, according to national security advisers from the three countries meeting in Seoul.

The allies “launched new trilateral initiatives to counter the threats posed by the DPRK, from its cybercrime and cryptocurrency money laundering to its reckless space and ballistic missile tests,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters on Saturday, referring to North Korea by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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