SEOUL – A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, one of the largest in the world, departed for two days of joint U.S.-South Korean exercises in international waters near the Korean peninsula this morning, a dispatch from the U.S. 7th fleet said.
The drills, which last until Tuesday, are going ahead despite vocal protest from North Korea.
SEOUL – A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, one of the largest in the world, departed for two days of joint U.S.-South Korean exercises in international waters near the Korean peninsula this morning, a dispatch from the U.S. 7th fleet said.
The drills, which last until Tuesday, are going ahead despite vocal protest from North Korea.
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