JCS chairman joins Indo-Pacific security forum

▲ Gen. Kim Myung-soo, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), speaks during an inauguration ceremony held at the defense ministry in Seoul on Nov. 25, 2023, in this photo provided by the JCS. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

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JCS chairman joins Indo-Pacific security forum

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) -- Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Gen. Kim Myung-soo attended a multinational security forum Wednesday to discuss security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region, his office said.

Kim joined the sixth Indo-Pacific Security Forum, hosted by the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, via video links, according to the JCS. Senior military officials from 20 other countries in the region, including Japan, Australia and India, also attended the session.

During the meeting, Kim said North Korea's Nov. 21 launch of a military spy satellite is a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions and a provocative act that threatens peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the Indo-Pacific.

He stressed the importance of the international community's coordinated response to deter and respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, it said.

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