US, South Korea to Hold Annual War Drills

The United States and South Korea will begin their annual joint military exercises early next month, Seoul announced Tuesday, in a move sure to anger North Korea. South Korea's Defense Ministry says Key Resolve, a mostly computer simulated exercise, and Foal Eagle, a larger field training drill, will both begin on March 2. The war games are a perpetual source of tension on the Korean peninsula. Pyongyang views them as preparation to invade. Seoul and Washington insist they are...

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