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The countries in Northeast Asia have no multilateral security and cooperation regime such as OSCE in Europe and ARF in Southeast Asia. Korea, Japan, and China have gradually cooperated for economic integration in this region for the last decade. However, antagonism and distrust, which resulted from the territorial conflicts, historical animosity, and North Korea’s provocations among them, have been unable them to build a security regime or organization. The European countries built OSCE through the Helsinki Accord in 1975. ASEAN also started to have the first ARF for the official consultations on peace and security issues in 1994. With North Korea’s missile launch and nuclear test, China had the initiative to organize the Six- Way Talks to resolve the nuclear-missile program of the North, and to relieve the tension in Northeast Asia in 2003. The Six-Way Talks was expected to turn its role into a security regime after successfully resolving the issue. But, the Six-Way Talks seem to become a good-for-nothing because North Korea will never give up the nuclear-missile program. On the other way, as an irreversible trend, scholars and experts emphasize the evolution of institutional arrangements for the regime in Northeast Asia. Those suggestions and obstacles to build a security and cooperation organization will be examined. Also, the leadership of the leaders of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat is expected for a mini-multilateralism in Northeast Asia.