The US, Japan and South Korea confirmed their course for North Korea's complete denuclearization South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting in Atlanta confirmed their desire to achieve North Korea's complete denuclearization, the State Department reported Saturday night. "The foreign minister and the ministers emphasized that they are aiming to achieve the complete disarmament of North Korea from nuclear weapons.