Secretary Clinton devising N. Korea strategy with Japan and S. Korea

Secretary Clinton is meeting both individually and jointly with the Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers today to devise a strategy to deal with increasingly hostile North Korea, which late last month killed two South Korean soldiers and two South Korean civilians in the first attack on a civilian area of South Korea since the end of the Korean War.

At the beginning of the trilateral meeting, Clinton said:

This is a landmark trilateral meeting between three strong partners. This meeting takes place at a time of grave concern in Northeast Asia amid the provocative attacks from North Korea.

She also requested a moment of silence for the victims of the shelling (see the video below starting at 1:11.)

(It remains to be seen whether a cable about the bilateral and trilateral meetings will be WikiLeaked.)

Update, 5:28 p.m., Dec. 6, 2010: The original photo was updated to a similar one, but of higher resolution.