Joint Press Conference For South Korea-U.S.-Japan Trilateral Meeting

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 09: South Korea's National Security Adviser Cho Tae-yong (C), shakes hands with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (L) and Japan's National Security Secretariat Secretary-General Takeo Akiba (R) after their the joint press conference at the presidential office on December 09, 2023 in Seoul, South Korea. The meeting comes as the three countries are stepping up cooperation amid North Korea's persistent military threats and Russia's protracted war in Ukraine. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)