All posts tagged "war games"

  • FILE - In this March 12, 2016 file photo, U.S. Marines, left, and South Korean Marines, wearing blue headbands on their helmets, take positions after landing on the beach during the joint military combined amphibious exercise, called Ssangyong, part of the Key Resolve and Foal Eagle military exercises, in Pohang, South Korea. It’s a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The U.S. and South Korea must immediately suspend their annual military exercises if they want peace on the Korean Peninsula. And, once again, it’s a demand that is falling on deaf ears. This year’s exercises are bigger than ever before and reportedly include training to take out Kim Jong Un himself. For Pyongyang’s ruling regime, that’s a bridge too far. But probably not far enough to fire the first shots over. (Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap via AP, File)
    North Korea, again, demands halt to US-South Korea war games

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — It’s a demand North Korea has been making for decades: The United States and South Korea must immediately suspend their annual military exercises if there is to be peace on the Korean...

    • Posted March 30, 2016
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