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News North Korea condemns scaled back ROK-U.S. military drillsKCNA called the smaller scale exercises an "open challenge" to peace on the Korean Peninsula North Korea on Thursday criticized plans to replace large-scale U.S. - ROK joint military exercises with smaller drills, saying the move violated recent diplomatic agreements. Although the U.S. and South Korea announced on March 3 the would cancel the annual Key Resolve and Foal Eagle joint military exercises and replace them with unit level training, the concession did not appear to be enough for Pyongyang. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |