China urges restraint as S. Korea, U.S., Japan plan joint anti-missile drills
InternationalMay 16, 2016
China called for calm and restraint on Monday, responding to planned joint drills by South Korea, the United States and Japan aimed at tracking North Korean missiles.The planned drills, set for late next month, will be held on the sidelines of the biennial Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, off Hawaii, a U.S.-led biennial multinational naval exercise. In the latest sign of strengthening defense cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan, it will be the first time that the three nat