한미, 8월 UFG(을지프리덤가디언) 훈련 중지키로 Wind-down of 'irritating' war games: US & South Korea suspend military drill planned for August

Wind-down of 'irritating' war games: US & South Korea suspend military drill planned for August

US President Donald Trump seems to be delivering on his promise to scale down military exercises with South Korea, which he made after meeting North Korea's Kim Jong-un. A drill scheduled for August has been suspended.

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한미, 8월 UFG(을지프리덤가디언) 훈련 중지키로

국방부는 19일 ”한미는 긴밀한 공조를 거쳐, 8월에 실시하려고 했던 

방어적 성격의 프리덤가디언 군사 연습의 모든 계획활동을 유예하기로 

결정했다”며 ”추가적인 조치에 대해서는 계속 협의할 예정”이라고 밝혔다

을지프리덤가디언(UFG) 훈련은 정부·군사 연습으로 진행되는 

1부 훈련과 한미 연합 군사 연습인 2부 훈련으로 나뉘는데

일단 훈련은 중지된다.

"추가적인 조치는 계속 협의 예정"

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황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor, curator

Washington and Seoul have agreed to suspend their preparations for the exercise code-named Ulchi Freedom Guardian, the South Korean defense ministry said on Tuesday. “The South and the U.S. plan to continue consultations over additional measures,” the ministry’s text message to the media said, as cited by Yonhap news agency.

The South Korean ministry stressed that no decision was taken regarding other joint training exercises with the Americans. Two other major regular joint military exercises hosted by South Korea are Key Resolve and Foal Eagle usually held in springtime and in autumn respectively.

Washington confirmed that joint exercises with South Korea are being suspended for the time being, but did not immediately provide any details.

“Those conversations are ongoing at this point,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Monday, adding the drills “will be paused” as long as North Korea continues acting in good faith.

The Pentagon statement on the announcement was similar to the one released by the South Korean military.

After meeting Kim in Singapore last week, Trump promised to stop “provocative, inappropriate and expensive” joint war games with South Korea. The announcement was an apparent concession to Pyongyang, which perceives massive military exercises, which US and South Korean troops regularly stage, as a major irritant. North Korea says it fears that such an exercise may be used to disguise preparations for an actual attack against it.

The Ulchi Freedom Guardian is a combined military exercise relying heavily on computerized simulation of warfare, which traces its origin to the late 1980s. Last year, some 17,500 American troops and over 50,000 South Korean troops participated in it, during a period of high tension on the Korean Peninsula.

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