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China-Japan-Koreas
No plans to pause US-South Korea military exercises: Mattis
2017-12-31
[PRESSTV] US Defense Secretary James Mattis says the United States does not plan to pause a joint annual military exercise with South Korea during the upcoming Winter Olympics in the Asian country.

South Korea will host the Olympics in February amid rising tensions with North Korea.

Seoul and Washington usually hold their two annual military drills, called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, in March and April, with some 17,000 American troops and more than 300,000 South Korean soldiers participating in the exercises.

Pyongyang is highly critical of those exercises, considering them preparations to invade the North. In response, it has been developing its weapons programs.

Earlier this month, North Korean state-run media described a joint exercise between the US and South Korea as a naval blockade against the North and warned that it would take "merciless self-defensive" measures.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Seoul and Washington usually hold their two annual military drills, called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, in March and April, with some 17,000 American troops and more than 300,000 South Korean soldiers participating in the exercises.

Ummmm...Somebody should put some knowledge to the Farsi Fake News: The 2018 Winter Olympics will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from Friday, February 9, 2018 to Sunday, February 25, 2018.
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-31 09:33  

#1  In response, it has been developing its weapons programs.

And if the exercises were suspended, NK would respond by... (wait for it!)... developing its weapons programs.
Posted by: PBMcL   2017-12-31 00:46  

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