American President Donald Trump announced that he has ordered a significant reduction in US participation in annual joint military exercises with South Korea, which begin on Monday. He justified his decision by citing good relations with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Onet Wiadomosci ↗
Trump called the maneuvers expensive and, according to available information, considers them an inappropriate and hostile signal toward Pyongyang. The United States and South Korea regularly conduct exercises together to strengthen defensive capabilities in the region. North and South Korea remain formally in a state of war, as the Korean War ended only with an armistice in 1953. HVG ↗
South Korea's Ministry of Defense responded with a statement that exercises conducted jointly with American forces are proceeding as planned. The ministry also stated that it does not see any practical consequences of Trump's announcement on the current course of the maneuvers.
The decision comes at a time when American military presence in the Pacific also plays a role in limiting China's power ambitions. Some representatives of the American military have simultaneously warned that North Korea's involvement in the war in Ukraine could increase combat experience for his regime. Further developments will show whether Trump's announcement leads only to a symbolic adjustment of the exercises, or to a broader change in American policy toward the Korean Peninsula.
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Trump orders cuts to South Korea joint drills despite warnings of North’s growing battlefield experience
The Guardian
| 02:19 17.08.
Wegen „sehr guter Beziehung“ zu Nordkorea: Trump fährt jährliche Militärübungen mit Südkorea zurück
Tagesspiegel
| 05:23 17.08.
Kurswechsel der US-Regierung: „Feindseliges Signal“: Trump bremst Manöver mit Südkorea aus
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| 05:18 17.08.
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