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South Korea’s Defense Minister Ahn Gyu‑baek, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Japan’s Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi met at the Shangri‑La Dialogue in Singapore and reaffirmed their commitment to trilateral security cooperation. The three ministers held a brief, roughly five‑minute exchange and posed for a group photo on the 30th (local time) at the Shangri‑La Hotel, the conference venue. It was the first in‑person meeting of the South Korea‑U.S.‑Japan defense ministers in about six months, following the ASEAN‑expanded defense ministers’ meeting in Malaysia in November 2025. The Shangri‑La Dialogue, the Asia‑Pacific’s multilateral security forum for defense leaders, opened on the 29th (local time). Yonhap News TV — for story tips and inquiries: KakaoTalk/LINE jebo23; Cha Seung‑eun (chaletuno@yna.co.kr)











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