FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper welcomes South Korea's National Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo to the Pentagon in Washington, U.S., February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of U.S. troops, South Korean officials said on Tuesday.
South Korean Defence Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper had a telephone call on Tuesday but could not decide on details of the exercises, which usually begin in early August, officials said.
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