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Last updated: 2026-08-23 09:10:58 ET
US military exercises with South Korea end early on Friday, at a time when the North is in a position of strength.
The U.S. and South Korea will cut short their annual joint military exercises at the behest of President Trump, who is apparently seeking a meeting wi...
President Trump ordered the exercises be scaled back, citing what he said was a good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korea...
South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise would end on 21 August at the request of the USSouth Korea’s military h...
Lee Jae Myung urged stronger independent South Korean military capabilities after Trump ordered cuts to U.S.-South Korean Ulchi Freedom Shield drills.
Donald Trump berated a CNN reporter at a press availability, insisting that she 'be quiet' after she asked about a reduction in US military exercises ...
US president’s abrupt order to scale back joint exercises with Seoul is meant to ‘flatter’ North Korea’s dictator, top Democrat saysUS politic...
President Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises with long-term Asian ally South Korea.
President says he ‘gets along great’ with dictator but US officials say Ukraine war is boosting North’s capabilitiesDonald Trump has said he is ...
Confusing adversaries and allies is a basic foreign policy mistake. Leveraging enemies to attack friends is a deeper failure. President Trump committe...
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