South Korea, US hold largest live-fire drills simulating North's 'full-scale' attack


  • World
  • Thursday, 25 May 2023

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean and U.S. forces began their largest-ever live-fire exercises on Thursday, simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea, South Korea's defence ministry said.

Some 2,500 troops from the South and the United States participated as the five-day drills kicked off in Pocheon near the border with the North, the ministry said. Multiple tanks, howitzers and fighter jets were also involved, it added.

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