Overview

• Adm. Kim Myung-soo of South Korea, U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine and Japan’s Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida will convene in Seoul on July 10-11 for the Trilateral Chiefs of Defense meeting.
• The event marks the first time a U.S. Joint Chiefs chairman has visited South Korea since November 2023.
• Participants will aim to deepen coordination on intelligence sharing, joint exercises and operational planning to counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile developments.
• April’s trilateral tabletop exercise in Seoul laid the groundwork for enhanced integrated deterrence and burden-sharing.
• U.S. officials plan to discuss possible adjustments to troop levels in Korea and urge increased defense spending by allied partners.