US, South Korea defend joint drills against Russia's critici

Washington and Seoul defended their joint military drills as crucial for maintaining security in East Asia, pushing back against Russia's criticism of the exercises in support of North Korea.
"Our longstanding bilateral and trilateral military exercises with the ROK and Japan are intended to...

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