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South Korea announced Tuesday (10) that it has decided to abandon this year an annual military mobilization that is part of a joint exercise with the United States that was suspended but who will do his own exercises to maintain his state of readiness. .
The Ministers of Security and Defense announced in a press release on Tuesday. The maneuvers, called Ulchi Exercises, usually take place in August with the military exercise Guardian of Freedom, a partnership with the United States.
Seoul's presidential cabinet said that the suspension of the joint exercise could facilitate ongoing nuclear talks between North Korea and the United States.
South Korea will develop a new model of military exercise incorporating Ulchi and exercises of existing command posts in Taeguk to deal with large-scale militancy and natural disasters, the ministers said.
This business exercise would be held in October, when the Hoguk field exercise will take place, they reported.
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