The U.S. military announced an end to its annual large-scale joint military exercises with South Korea as Trump pursues nuclear diplomacy with Kim Jong Un
South Korea's National Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong Doo and the acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan agreed to end the two major joint military drills — known as Key Resolve and Foal Eagle — over the phone on Saturday, the Pentagon said in a statement.
After the unsuccessful summit with Kim earlier this week, Trump said the annual military drills were"very, very expensive" and the government in Seoul should pay more for them. Some experts on North Korea questioned whether the major exercises can be suspended without significantly affecting the troops' ability to combat threats.
The Key Resolve exercise was usually held in March and ran for about two weeks, overlapping with Foal Eagle, which ran for about a month.These annual exercises involved thousands of troops, with ground, air and naval forces from the United States and South Korea, as well as contingents from Australia, Britain, France and other countries.
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