U. S. And south korea would delay a newry exercises as communication has open up between north and south korea. Talk about that a little bit. What does it mean . Guest this all grew out of a speech that kim jongun, the north korean leader, gave to commemorate the new year, in which he trumpeted his accomplishments, as he said, establishing north korea as a nuclear state, but also calling koreaproved ties to south , in part calling for enhanced communications with south korea, and specifically pointing to the upcoming Winter Olympics, which will be held in february. Host these exercises are held fairly regularly between the u. S. And south korea. Whether they normally entail, and from a tactical standpoint, is there any issue or effect of delaying the . Guest the United States and south korea hold several exercises every year. Some larger than others. Usually in the spring, the combined exercises are usually quite large. One is a field exercise. The other is a command exercise. And it d