but of course, the specter of north korea always does overshadow many of these announcements. now they did talk about the security issues. they did, with president biden and president yon yoon, did side whether to expand military drills. up to several years ago, this was the norm here on the peninsula. it was really during the previous u.s. president, donald trump s time, that these were canceled in some cases, as he wanted to try and improve relations with kim jong-un as he was within his summitry period at that time. then covid-19 put paid to some of these drills as well. by saying that he wanted to section up and down theseexpande drills, it will inevitably cause some friction with north korea.