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U.S.-South Korea military exercises

August 25, 2022
South Korea, US Return to Large-Scale Military Drills
By Troy Stangarone
The resumption of large-scale drills for the first time since 2017 will improve military readiness for the alliance.

August 17, 2022
South Korea, US to Begin Expanded Military Drills Next Week
By Kim Tong-Hyung
The exercises will be the largest in years, after the allies canceled some of their regular drills and downsized others to create space for diplomacy with North Korea.

June 06, 2022
North Korea Launches 8 Ballistic Missiles
By Mitch Shin
A day after South Korea concluded joint navy drills with the United States, North Korea fired eight ballistic missiles toward the waters off its east coast.

April 04, 2022
What to Make of Kim Yo Jong’s Verbal Attack of South Korea’s Defense Minister
By Mitch Shin
Three days after Defense Minister Suh Wook underscored the South’s preemptive strike capabilities, Pyongyang warned that Seoul was facing a serious threat.

August 12, 2021
North Korea Issues Warning Over South Korea-US Joint Military Exercises
By Mitch Shin
Shortly after the two Koreas restored communication channels, North Korea lambasted the upcoming exercises and stopped returning the South’s calls.

March 16, 2021
North Korea Warns US Not to ‘Cause a Stink’ Before Seoul Meeting
By Kim Tong-Hyung
Kim Yo Jong issued a warning statement ahead of a U.S.-South Korea 2+2, in Pyongyang’s first direct comment to the Biden administration.

July 31, 2019
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles for Second Time in a Week
By Ankit Panda
The missiles remain unidentified, but may be the KN23 short-range ballistic missiles.

July 27, 2019
North Korea: Missile Test Was ‘Solemn Warning’ to South
By Foster Klug and Hyung-Jin Kim
Pyongyang has made the meaning of its latest missile test explicit.

July 22, 2019
Still No Clarity on Trump Commitment to North Korea’s Kim on Military Exercises
By Ankit Panda
The question of what exactly Trump told Kim on June 30 matters deeply.

July 17, 2019
US-North Korea Doldrums Return After Third Trump-Kim Summit
By Ankit Panda
Did Trump once again move to call off upcoming U.S.-South Korea military exercises?

March 08, 2019
Who’s Right About the New US-South Korea Joint Military Exercise?
By Kyle Ferrier
Making sense of the new Dong Maeng drills.

August 15, 2018
Imagining the Withdrawal of US Forces from South Korea
By Tetsuo Kotani
The unthinkable has become thinkable.