COVID-19 complicates South Korea, US military exercises

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South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus ...

File photo of US and South Korean army soldiers on a floating bridge on the Hantan river after an annual joint military exercise in Yeoncheon, south of the demilitarised zone that divides the two Koreas. SEOUL: South Korea and the United States are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the novel coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of US troops, South Korean officials said on Tuesday .

"We'll watch developments to determine the scale, date and methods of the exercises," said a South Korean official who declined to be identified citing the diplomatic sensitivity of the issue.

 

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