S. Korea says no changes to trilateral military drills with US, Japan after NK criticism
South Korea's military reaffirmed Tuesday the upcoming combined exercise with the United States and Japan will go ahead as scheduled, following North Korea's renewed criticism branding the drills as evolving hostility toward the regime. A spokesperson from the North's foreign ministry on Monday slammed the trilateral Freedom Edge exercise, set for Sept. 7-11, warning that it is "pointless" to…
South Korea has announced that the upcoming trilateral military drills with the United States and Japan, known as Freedom Edge, will proceed as scheduled despite North Korea's recent criticism. The North Korean foreign ministry has warned that the annual defensive drill aimed at countering North Korean nuclear and missile threats is pointless, given Washington's hostile policy towards Pyongyang.
However, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff has confirmed that there are no changes to the drill's schedule, which is set to take place from September 7-11 in international waters east and south of South Korea's southern island of Jeju.
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