SEOUL, Aug 25 (Reuters) - South Korea's president Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday ordered an update of the military's operational plans to address North Korea's growing nuclear and missile threats, his office said.
Yoon gave the instructions at his first visit to a military bunker in the capital Seoul that would serve as a command post the event of a war.
The annual summertime exercises have been renamed Ulchi Freedom Shield and due to finish on Sept. 1. They involve the first field training between the two militaries since 2017 after being scaled back amid the COVID-19 pandemic and under Yoon’s predecessor who sought to improve relations with North Korea.
“We need to urgently prepare measures to guarantee the lives and property of our people, including updating the operational plans against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats that are becoming a reality,” Yoon told military commanders during the visit.