The U.S. and South Korea will announce plans for a joint military exercise after the Winter Olympics, according to the latter's defense minister. North Korea later condemned the drill as “ruthlessly trampling” on “a small sprout of peace” after it had agreed to hold talks and send athletes to Pyeongchang when the exercise was called off earlier this year.
The announcement is expected between March 18—when the Paralympics end in the South—and the beginning of April. But the actual date of the military drill is unclear.
South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo said he and U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis would make the drill announcement, and added neither country ever promised to completely stop all drills.
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“The exercise was postponed according to the spirit of the Olympics,” Song said before his nation's parliament, according to Reuters. “We have agreed to uphold the basis until after the Paralympics...and not to confirm nor deny anything regarding what we would do after that until we announce it”.
SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS
Thursday, 22 February 2018
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