America’s annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. (Kim Jun-bum/Yonhap via AP, File) (Associated Press)SEOUL, South Korea — America’s annual joint military exercises with South Korea always frustrate North Korea. The United States and South Korea also hold larger war games in the spring, called Key Resolve and Foal Eagle, which involve live-fire exercises and training with tanks, aircraft and warships. Impoverished North Korea hates the drills in part because it must frequently respond with its own expensive displays of military might. ___MISSILE THREATSIt’s almost certain that this year’s drills will trigger some kind of reaction from North Korea.

Source: Washington Post August 19, 2017 01:48 UTC