South Korea, US, Japan hold emergency trilateral call over N. Korea ballistic missile launch

Diplomatic authorities from South Korea, the United States and Japan held an emergency phone consultation Friday over North Korea's ballistic missile launch the previous day, sharing relevant information and discussing future response measures.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Baek Yong-jin, director general of the ministry's Korean Peninsula Policy Bureau, held a trilateral phone consultation with David Wajsgol, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Japan and Korea, and Ariyoshi Takashi, director of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"The diplomatic authorities of South Korea, the United States and Japan operate a channel for rapidly sharing relevant information and situational assessments whenever North Korea launches a ballistic missile," the ministry said.