U.S. President Joe Biden will meet with Japan and South Korea's leaders on Friday as they seek to preserve their diplomatic progress ahead of a new Trump administration that many fear could upend alliances worldwide.

President Joe Biden praised US relations with South Korea and Japan while expressing worries over North Korea's collaboration with Russia. The discussions occurred during the APEC Summit as fears rose about North Korea's military support for Russia.

North Korea’s deployment of troops to Russia to support Russia’s war in Ukraine, as well as North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and dimming prospects for a peaceful resolution to a decades-long conflict with South Korea are also raising tensions in Asia.