On Oct. 18, intelligence chiefs of South Korea, the United States, and Japan convened in Seoul to discuss North Korean issues, aiming to bring Pyongyang back to the negotiating table through a flurry of diplomacy. According to the Korea Herald, a trilateral meeting was said to have been held between the head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service Park Jie-won, the U.S. director of national intelligence Avril Haines, and Japan’s cabinet intelligence director Hiroaki Takizawa on Oct. 18. It is unclear whether multiple meetings took place, as the report also suggested a meeting on Oct. 19. According to the Korea Times, U.S. national intelligence director Avril Haines met with South Korean national security director Suh Hoon at the Blue House over lunch on Oct. 18 to “have extensive discussions about the situation on the Korean Peninsula and ways to enhance the Korea-U.S. alliance.” Following North Korea’s recent series of missile …
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