SEOUL: Tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops kicked off a large-scale military exercise simulating an all-out attack by North Korea, which has condemned the joint drill as a “declaration of war”.
The annual Ulchi Freedom exercise, which the defence ministry said would run through Aug 28, is largely computer-simulated, but still involves 50,000 Korean and 30,000 US soldiers.
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