joint drills which north korea has slammed had just ended today, this thursday, but they have been on hold not just for covid-19, which of course made an awful lot of things turn to computer simulation, but also because back in 2018, then u.s. president donald trump said that he wanted to pause what he called the war games saying that they have no place alongside what he was hope doing with kim jung-un. he was within his diplomatic arena, he was carrying out summits with the north korean leader and wanted to put the drills on hold. now, very little came of the diplomacy per se and north korea is showing no interest in talking to the u.s. or south korea, so we re seeing the drills once again. paula hancocks live from seoul, thanks very much. and in the u.s., updated covid covid-19 boosters that include protection against omicron variants could be going into arms as early as friday.
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The drill was inaugurated in the presence of Commander of the Northern Region Maj. Gen. Saleh Al-Zahrani and several officers of the Saudi and Iraqi sides.