South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill - Reuters

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill  Reuters

U.S., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U.S.

The announcement that the three countries will go ahead with a trilateral military drill comes a day after North Korea vowed to retaliate against what it called U.S. hostilities.

By The Associated Press

South Korea, Japan and US set joint drills despite Trump cuts

South Korea said on Friday it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in September, after Washington scaled back annual drills with Seoul in an apparent bid to encourage dialogue with North Korea. The three countries would conduct the North Korea-focused Freedom Edge exercise from September 7 to 11 in international waters east and south of South Korea’s Jeju Island, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. “This exercise is a defensive drill conducted annually by...

By Agence France-Presse

Japan, South Korea and US to hold joint military drills, Seoul says

US, South Korea and Japan to hold trilateral drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on US

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill - The Straits Times

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill  The Straits Times

South Korea, US, Japan trilateral drill to go ahead as planned despite Trump‘s outreach to Pyongyang

The annual Freedom Edge exercise — a trilateral drill among South Korea, Japan and the US — will be conducted from Sept. 7 to 11 as scheduled, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. According to the JCS, Freedom Edge is a defensive exercise designed to strengthen the three countries' ability to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats and safeguard peace and stability in the region. Freedom Edge is a regular multidomain trilateral exercise whose name combines elements of Ulchi Fr

By The Korea Herald

South Korea, Japan and US to conduct joint drills next month - report

The exercise comes after US President Donald Trump scaled back a major joint exercise with South Korea.

(2nd LD) S. Korea, U.S., Japan to conduct Freedom Edge joint drills in early Sept.

SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct...

By Kim Seung-yeon

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill - The Star

South Korea, Japan and US to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drill  The Star