US, South Korea and Japan begin five-day military exercise
The five-day exercise includes maritime, air and cyber drills as North Korea calls the allies’ military cooperation a provocation.
- On Monday, South Korea, the United States, and Japan began a five-day joint military exercise called Freedom Edge in international waters east and south of Jeju.
- This fourth iteration of Freedom Edge proceeds on schedule despite the scaling back last month of the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which President Donald Trump ordered as a conciliatory gesture toward North Korea.
- The JCS stated the exercise is "aimed at enhancing deterrence and response capabilities against North Korean nuclear and missile threats," while the three nations will enhance operational capabilities across maritime, air, and cyber domains.
- Major maritime and air assets from the United States, Japan, and South Korea are participating, featuring enhanced real-time data sharing and synchronized coordination overseen by a joint exercise control group.
- Pyongyang has long denounced the allies' drills as "war rehearsals," though military officials maintain the exercise is conducted in accordance with international law and norms.
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Pyongyang will respond severely to the provocations of the US and its allies in connection with the US-Japan-South Korea joint military exercises, declared to the DPRK Department of Defense. "If the US and its allies are trying to provoke a new military confrontation with the DPRK, Pyongyang will take a strong and proportionate response from a position of force," reports the Korea Central Telecommunications Agency (KTAC) to the Democratic People…
North Korean defence minister criticizes joint military drills by US, Japan and South Korea
Sept 7 (Reuters) - North Korea's newly appointed defence minister, Kim Song-gi, has called the upcoming joint military drills to be held by South Korea, Japan and the United States a provocation, state media KCNA reported on Monday. Kim also vowed...
As South Korea, the United States, and Japan began the regular multi-domain joint exercise "Freedom Edge" on the 7th, North Korea threatened to "respond with strong and resolute action." In a statement released via the Korean Central News Agency on the same day, North Korean Defense Minister Kim Song-gi stated, "The United States, Japan, and South Korea have once again carried out the provocative trilateral multi-domain joint military exercise '…
North Korea to "take countermeasures" against South Korea-U.S.-Japan 'Freedom Edge' exercise
South Korea, the United States, and Japan will conduct the regular multi-domain exercise "Freedom Edge" from the 7th to the 11th in international waters east and south of Jeju. The ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) issued a press release on the same day stating that major maritime and air forces from South Korea, the U.S., and Japan will participate in the exercise. Six vessels, including Aegis destroyers from the three nations, and naval
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