By Reporter | Lee jon young    

The trilateral summit meeting among South Korea, the United States, and Japan will be held in the United States in August.

The presidential office announced on July 20, "The specific date and location will be announced shortly after coordination among the three countries."

President Yoon Suk-yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will participate in the 'South Korea-U.S.-Japan Summit Meeting,' scheduled to take place on August 18 (local time) at the 'Camp David' presidential retreat near Washington, Maryland, USA.

The three countries have held trilateral meetings on the occasion of multilateral conferences like the Hiroshima G7 Summit Meeting in the past.

Especially amid North Korea's continued provocations, such as attempts to launch military reconnaissance satellites and intercontinental ballistic missile tests with new solid-fuel technology, it is expected that the three countries will focus on proposing measures to strengthen coercive power towards North Korea.

The presidential office has chosen to refer to this event as the 'South Korea-U.S.-Japan Summit Meeting' when announcing it to the media, instead of 'South Korea-U.S.-Japan Summit.' This terminology is seen as an emphasis on the cooperation among the three countries, in response to the 'South Korea-China-Japan Summit Meeting,' which has been held since 1999.