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US Halts Major Military Exercises with South Korea

03/03/2019 GMT

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Joint military exercises suspended to help with North Korea diplomatic effort

Joint military exercises suspended to help with North Korea diplomatic effort.

Defence officials in South Korea confirm that their large scale joint military exercises with the United States will not continue. This is being seen as a major diplomatic concession to North Korea.

Also in the programme: The Nation People’s Congress of China convenes; and unrest in Sudan.

(Pictures: South Korean army soldiers and U.S. army soldiers take part in a joint river crossing exercise near DMZ, Yeon Cheon in South Korea on 9th December 2015. Credit: Seung-il Ryu/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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