Despite the warming temperatures, March is always the winter of inter-Korean relations because of the annual joint military drills between South Korea and the U.S. This year was no exception.
From the beginning of the North Korean landing drill to “liberate” Seoul, revealed on March 20, to its largest-ever artillery exercise – or so the English version of the Korean Central News Agency claimed on March 25 – the North Korean leader had a busy week.
Despite the warming temperatures, March is always the winter of inter-Korean relations because of the annual joint military drills between South Korea and the U.S. This year was no exception.
From the beginning of the North Korean landing drill to “liberate” Seoul, revealed on March 20, to its largest-ever artillery exercise – or so the English version of the Korean Central News Agency claimed on March 25 – the North Korean leader had a busy week.
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