The US and South Korean troops will conduct joint military exercises on the assumption of a Korean Peninsula emergency from the 16th.
Although the scale is expected to shrink due to the effects of the new coronavirus, North Korea is strongly opposed to the exercise.
According to the announcement by the South Korean Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff, the US and South Korean troops will carry out regular joint military exercises on the assumption of a Korean Peninsula emergency from the 16th.
The exercises are mainly computer-based defensive exercises on the map, and do not carry out maneuver training that mobilizes troops.
In addition, considering the infection status of the new coronavirus, the scale is expected to be reduced by distributing the locations and only the necessary personnel will participate.
The exercise is scheduled for the 26th of this month, and the South Korean army will comprehensively consider the conditions such as the situation of the new corona, maintenance of the coalition defense posture, support for diplomatic efforts for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and peace consolidation. I considered it. "
Meanwhile, North Korea has been intensifying its opposition over the exercises last week, with Kim Jung-eun (Kim Jong-un)'s younger sister Kim Yo-jong (Kim Yo-jong) and others making a series of criticisms.
Also in South Korea, the ruling party lawmakers and others have called for a postponement after the contact route with North Korea was restored for the first time in a year and a month last month.