South Korea, U.S. To Scale Back Military Drills Due To Coronavirus And North Korea Diplomacy

 

The Hill: US, South Korea scaling back military drills 

Military officials said on Sunday that the U.S. and South Korea will scale back their annual joint drills this month, citing a combination of the coronavirus pandemic and ongoing diplomatic overtures to North Korea. 

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement the nine-day exercises will begin Monday and that it has accounted for factors like the pandemic and denuclearization negotiations with Pyongyang, The Associated Press reported. The drills will predominantly be in tabletop and simulation form rather than field training. 

Read more .... 

WNU Editor: I remember when former President Trump scaled back U.S. -South Korean military exercises to promote diplomacy with North Korea, he was pilloried by the media and military experts. Same thing happening now .... no criticism. 

 More News On South Korea And The U.S. To Scale Back Military Drills 

S Korea, US scale back drills over virus, N Korea diplomacy -- AP 

South Korea, U.S. scale back military drill over coronavirus -- Reuters 

Scaled down joint drills with US start Monday -- Korea JoongAng Daily 

US, S.Korea to start scaled-back joint drills -- NHK 

South Korea, US to hold scaled back military exercises -- Al Jazeera