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Haggles over joint drills

Ruling party lawmakers increase pressure to delay ROK-US joint military drill

U.S., South Korea reach military cost-sharing agreement By (0) South Korea and the United States reached an agreement on Sunday for Seoul to increase its contribution to maintaining U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula. Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI | License Photo SEOUL, March 8 (UPI) -- The United States and South Korea resolved a lengthy impasse as negotiators struck a deal that will see Seoul pay more to help maintain the 28,500 U.S. troops on the Korean Peninsula, the U.S. State Department announced. "U.S. and ROK negotiators have reached agreement in principle on proposed text for a ...

S.Korea-US kick off joint military drills By IANS|   Updated: 8th March 2021 3:34 pm IST Seoul, March 8 : The combined forces of South Korea and the US kicked off their joint annual military exercises in a scaled-back manner in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday. The Combined Command Post Training (CCPT), or the annually-held computer-simulated command post exercise in springtime, was scheduled to last until March 18, reports Xinhua news agency. No field manoeuvers will be staged this year amid the continued pandemic. Tough antivirus meas...