{"id":16434,"date":"2024-03-05T00:46:47","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/south-korea-and-us-begin-large-annual-military-drills-with-eye-on-north-korea\/"},"modified":"2024-03-05T00:46:47","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T00:46:47","slug":"south-korea-and-us-begin-large-annual-military-drills-with-eye-on-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shareperformanceinsight.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/05\/south-korea-and-us-begin-large-annual-military-drills-with-eye-on-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea and US begin large annual military drills with eye on North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            South Korea and the United States began their annual Freedom Shield joint military drills on Monday to bolster readiness against North Korea.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The 11-day drills will integrate elements of \u201clive exercises\u201d with constructive simulations, according to United States Forces Korea (USFK) and South Korea\u2019s Defense Ministry.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            The exercises will focus on deterring North Korea\u2019s nuclear threats, Seoul\u2019s Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesperson Lee Sung-jun said last week.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            USFK said in a statement that the drills \u201cwill include but not be limited to lessons learned from current and ongoing conflicts to increase the units\u2019 combat readiness and combined defense posture, as well as strengthen the security and stability on the Korean Peninsula and across Northeast Asia.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            In addition to Freedom Shield, the two allies are conducting several smaller field training exercises to enhance their defense posture and cooperation \u201cthrough air, land, sea, space, cyber and special operations,\u201d the USFK said in its statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            North Korea has previously condemned US and South Korea joint military drills, but it has not yet made any official comment or response to the current exercises.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has drawn an increasingly harder line against South Korea in recent months, saying the North will\u00a0no longer seek reconciliation\u00a0and reunification with the South and instructing the country\u2019s army, munitions industry, nuclear weapons and civil defense sectors to\u00a0accelerate war preparations\u00a0in response to \u201cconfrontation moves\u201d by the US.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            In January, Kim called the South the North\u2019s \u201cprimary foe and invariable principal enemy\u201d and ordered a reunification monument\u00a0in the North Korean capital to be demolished.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\">            Meanwhile, North Korea has fostered closer ties with Russia, providing Moscow with arms for its war in Ukraine. In return, Western analysts say Russia could be a source of technology and expertise for Kim as he refines a nuclear-capable missile program that could threaten not only his neighbors in East Asia, but possibly the mainland United States with intercontinental ballistic missiles.    <\/p>\n\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea and the United States began their annual Freedom Shield joint military drills on Monday to bolster readiness against North Korea. The 11-day drills will integrate elements of \u201clive exercises\u201d with constructive simulations, according to United States Forces Korea (USFK) and South Korea\u2019s Defense Ministry. 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