SEOUL/POCHEON, South Korea — South Korean and US forces began live-fire exercises simulating a 'full-scale attack' from North Korea on Thursday (May 25) in what they said were the biggest such drills to demonstrate their 'overwhelming' military capability against the North's threats. Howitzers pounded into a mountainside in Pocheon near the fortified border with North Korea, while battle tanks manoeuvred...
The South Korean army's multiple launch rocket systems fire rockets during South Korea-US joint military drills at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, South Korea May 25, 2023.SEOUL/POCHEON, South Korea — South Korean and US forces began live-fire exercises simulating a "full-scale attack" from North Korea on Thursday in what they said were the biggest such drills to demonstrate their "overwhelming" military capability against the North's threats.
Some 2,500 troops from the South and the United States took part in the exercises, which will be held four more times from now until mid-June, South Korea's defence ministry said. Last week, North Korea's state media reported that leader Kim Jong-un had approved final preparations for the launch of the North's first military spy satellite. Kim has said it is necessary to counter threats from the US and South Korea.
Recent commercial satellite imagery showed progress on a new launch pad in the North's satellite launching station, with activity at a "new level of urgency," most likely in preparation for the launch, the US-based monitoring group 38 North said.
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