Chinese Media Outlet Huanqiu.com: Washington Is 'Increasingly Using The Korean Peninsula Issue As A Card To Improve U.S. Strategic Interests In The Region'
The Ulchi Freedom Shield joint U.S.-South Korea (ROK) military exercise was held August 22-September 1, 2022. The China Military Online wrote about it, stating: "The Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise originates in the U.S.-ROK Ulchi-Focus Lens annual exercise in 1975, which was later renamed Ulchi-Freedom Guardian. It is one of the three annual joint exercises alongside the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, the last two having been canceled now. In June 2018, as a token of goodwill to DPRK, ROK and the U.S.
Source: memri.org
