South Korea and the United States will announce plans before April for joint military drills that had been postponed until after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics, South Korea’s defense minister said on Tuesday.
South Korea to announce joint military drill plan with U.S. before April
STEPANAKERT, FEBRUARY 21, ARTSAKHPRESS:After the postponement of the regular drills, North Korea agreed to hold the first official talks with Seoul in more than two years and to send athletes to the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, easing a standoff over the North’s development of nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States.
Asked in parliament when the postponed drills would be held, South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo said he and his U.S. counterpart, Jim Mattis, would make an announcement between the end of the Winter Paralympics on March 18 and the start of April.
