China’s ‘North Korea Nuclear Negotiation’ Sino-Japanese ‘Summit’, U.S. ‘Dependence on China’

China announced that it was “negotiating with North Korea”, Japan “promoted a China-Japan summit,” and the U.S. officially declared “dependence on China and Russia” to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue.

In response, South Korea strengthened its armaments.
"The United States believes there is a lever that China and Russia can use to convince North Korea not to resume nuclear bomb tests," a senior US official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
“We have a high level of confidence that they are prepared,” a State Department official said. We believe they can do this.”, “We think they (North Korea) are calculating their degree of receptivity towards other countries in the region, especially Russia and China. I think it affects them,” he said.
At a press conference on the 3rd, deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said, "We are paying attention to development and resolving the problem through dialogue and consultation is in the interests of the region." said
"Diplomatic sources said that Chinese officials are working to deter nuclear tests, fearing a scenario in which North Korea's nuclear weapons would stimulate Japan and South Korea's nuclear weapons theory," Yomiuri said in a press conference article, deputy spokesperson Zhaolin. said
Japan is pursuing a summit with President Xi Jinping, the Sankei Shimbun reported on the 4th.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida is planning a China-Japan summit at the G20 summit in Indonesia on the 15th and 16th and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Thailand on November 18-19, Sankei reported.
Kyodo News reported on the 4th, citing a Japanese government source, that "the United States, Japan and South Korea are finishing preparations for the three-way summit in mid-November."
When asked by Reuters how stable Kim Jong-un's North Korean government is, a senior U.S. State Department official said, "We have no evidence that there is a special challenge to undermine Kim Jong-un's position."
When asked what was the motive for North Korea's recent missile test, he answered, "In response to the 'aggressive' U.S. military exercise."
The United States and South Korea's defense ministers jointly announced on the 3rd that North Korea's use of nuclear weapons against its allies "will lead to the end of the Kim Jong-un regime" and announcing plans to extend the ongoing 'Vigilante Storm' military exercise indefinitely. The launch was cited as the reason, Bloomberg reported on the 4th.
The 54th U.S.-Korea Security Council (SCM) joint statement held at the U.S. Department of Defense said, “We have decided to hold the Extended Deterrence Measures Operational Exercise (DSC TTX) every year assuming North Korea’s nuclear use scenario.” We have warned that any attack, including non-strategic nuclear weapons, against our allies and allies is unacceptable, and this will lead to the end of the Kim Jong-un regime,” the Voice of America (VOA) reported on the 4th.
At a press conference, Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop said, "Secretary Austin has promised to provide extended deterrence to South Korea by utilizing all categories of military capabilities, including conventional nuclear and missile defense capabilities, as well as advanced non-nuclear capabilities such as space cyber-electromagnetics." said.
A spokesperson for the US Department of Defense said on the 1st, "We welcome South Korea's role in contributing to the defense of NATO by exporting weapons to Poland." We welcome Korea’s contribution.”
Senator James Inhof, Republican secretary of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said regarding the defense cooperation between Korea and Poland, "It is encouraging that allies in Asia and Europe are working together to strengthen defense capabilities. More can and must be done to rebuild the 'Arsenal of Democracy' across key security partners in both Asia and Europe," VOA reported on the 2nd.
For Korea's arms export, it signed a contract to export 288 multi-rocket Cheonmu called 'Korean version of Hi-Mas' to Poland, and previously signed a contract for a K-2 tank, K-9 self-propelled artillery, A-50 light attack aircraft, etc. in July.