SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a meeting on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit which will be hosted by Laos next week, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing Yoon's office.

President Yoon Suk Yeol is poised to visit Laos for the South Korea-ASEAN summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 10, with both sides working to upgrade ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the highest level in ASEAN's diplomatic hierarchy.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held his first telephone call with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Wednesday and agreed a united response together with the United States is needed to counter North Korea's threats,

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba are set to meet at the ASEAN summit in Laos. Yoon's trip, scheduled for October 6-11, also includes visits to the Philippines and Singapore.

The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced on Wednesday that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the Philippines from October 6 to 7 at President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s invitation.

President Yoon Suk Yeol and new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba have been arranging to have their first in-person meeting on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Laos,

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba plans to have his first summit with Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on the margins of annual regional gatherings in Laos next week, Japan's broadcaster NHK reported Thursday.