Seoul (South Korea), Aug. 28 (LaPresse) – South Korea, the US and Japan will hold a trilateral military exercise next month to better address North Korea’s nuclear threats. The South Korean military announced this, explaining that the annual exercise, dubbed ‘Freedom Edge’, will begin on September 7 and last five days. The drills will take place in the waters off Jeju Island, in southern South Korea. The announcement comes a day after North Korea vowed to respond to what it called “hostility” from the United States. This development further reduces prospects for a quick resumption of diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United States, despite President Donald Trump’s recent decision to scale back a major bilateral military exercise with South Korea, ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’, ending it six days early in an apparent gesture of goodwill toward Pyongyang.
North Korea, Seoul: “Joint exercises with US and Japan from September 7”
Seoul (South Korea), Aug. 28 (LaPresse) – South Korea, the US and Japan will hold a trilateral military exercise next month to better address North Korea’s nuclear threats. The South Korean military announced this, explaining that the annual exercise, dubbed ‘Freedom Edge’, will begin on September 7 and last five days. The drills will take place in the waters off Jeju Island, in southern South Korea. The announcement comes a day after North Korea vowed to respond to what it called “hostility” from the United States. This development further reduces prospects for a quick resumption of diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United States, despite President Donald Trump’s recent decision to scale back a major bilateral military exercise with South Korea, ‘Ulchi Freedom Shield’, ending it six days early in an apparent gesture of goodwill toward Pyongyang.