South Korea marines participate in annual joint drills with United States
South Korean Marines participated in annual joint drills with the United States on Thursday, which were delayed by about a month due to the Winter Olympics and the need to help create conditions for a resumption of talks between North and South Korea.
The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, kicked off on Sunday and will be go on for a month. The computer-simulated Key Resolve will be held for two weeks starting in mid-April. Both drills would involve about 23,700 US troops and 300,000 South Korean forces, according to the Pentagon spokesman.
North Korea, which is traditionally pessimistic about such joint military drills, has remained quiet on the issue.
In March, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un told a visiting South Korean delegation in Pyongyang that he "understands" the situation regarding the joint drills, according to South Korea's National Security Office head Chung Eui-yong, who had led the delegation.
(Source: Reuters)
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