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You and thank you for joining us. To our viewers in the u. S. And around the world, im natalie allen. Im George Howell from cnn news headquarters. Newsroom starts now. And we begin with the war games ongoing on the korean peninsula. The u. S. And south korea kicking off an annual military exercise, this despite thawing tension between the two koreas. North Korean Leader kim jongun is set to meet with the south korean counterpart, president moon jaein later this month. A meeting between mr. Kim and the u. S. President donald trump could follow the month after that. Lets go live to seoul, south korea, cnns Paula Hancocks is on the story this hour. Paula, so, this time the drills shorter than last year. Is this a concession . And does north korea seem more accepting to more difficult employment si underway . Diplomacy underway . Reporter george, the us you has not called it tway concession. You look at the facts, its a month long. Its usually two months long. So, certainly that is a big c
Im natalie allen. Cnn newsroom starts right. Now. The war games taking place in the korean peninsula. The United States and south korea are kicking off an annual military exercise. The u. S. Says its similar in scope to drills like this one last year, but will be shorter. This show of force comes despite thawing tensions on the peninsula. North Korean Leader kim jongun is set to meet with south korean president xi jinping and a meeting between donald trump and kim jongun could be a month after. Lets bring in Paula Hancocks live in seoul, south korea. Lets talk about the serious matter at hand, these drills. Certainly, shorter than last year. Is this seen as a concession with so much diplomacy under way . George, certainly not the way that the pentagon is selling this. They are saying that its the same size, its the same scope of what we saw in previous years. Clearly, its half the duration it usually is. Its lasting about a month and usually we see anything up to two months that is leg