(UPDATE) SEOUL: The defense chiefs of the United States, South Korea and Japan agreed on Sunday to activate a real-time data-sharing operation on North Korean missile launches next month, the allies said.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is in Seoul for annual security talks, met with his South Korean counterpart Shin Won-sik, while Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara joined the meeting online.

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