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South Korea, Japan and the US have a message for China and North Korea

The trilateral summit at Camp David was a historic moment, but the challenge lies in the political will to pursue joint planning.

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(From left) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, US President Joe Biden and Japan's PM Kishida Fumio during the trilateral summit on Aug 18.

(From left) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, US President Joe Biden and Japan's PM Kishida Fumio during the trilateral summit on Aug 18.

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Last Friday, US President Joe Biden hosted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the US presidential retreat Camp David.

This has been widely hailed in those three countries as

a breakthrough summit

, with all three committing to annual trilateral talks, joint military exercises and a crisis hotline, and signalling more broadly, an intention to

boost their strategic partnership

.

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