The foreign ministers of South Korea, China, and Japan have agreed to pursue a stern global response to North Korea’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile(SLBM).
 
In the wake of the launch on Wednesday, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se held three-way talks with his Chinese and Japanese counterparts in Tokyo.

During a joint news conference following their meeting, the top diplomats reaffirmed their countries will take the lead in producing the international community's joint response to the latest provocation. 

Minister Yun stressed their trilateral stance to thoroughly implement UN Security Council sanctions on Pyongyang, while Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated their call for the regime to refrain from provocative actions. 

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said they agreed that regional stability is crucial to world peace, adding that Beijing stands by its commitment to guard peace on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea launched the SLBM at around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, towards the East Sea, off the coastal port city of Sinpo in South Hamgyong Province.
 
The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff estimated that the missile flew around 500 kilometers before it dropped 80 kilometers into the Japanese Air Defense Identification Zone.