US, South Korea to Scale Back 2019 Military Exercises

The U.S. said Wednesday it will scale back military exercises with South Korea next year, so the war games are not a hindrance to diplomacy over ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program. U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said the exercises with Seoul, called Foal Eagle, are conducted each spring in South Korea, but will be "reduced in scope" in 2019. He gave no details of how the exercises will be downsized, but said the reduced scope was an effort by the two...

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