South Korean President Moon Jae-in (right) and defence minister Song Young-moo review the troops during a commemoration ceremony marking South Korea’s Armed Forces Day, which will fall on 1 October. Photo: APSeoul: South Korea expects North Korea to engage in more provocative action next month to coincide with the anniversary of the founding of its communist party and China’s all-important Communist Party Congress. The United States and South Korea are technically still at war with North Korea because the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended with a truce and not a peace treaty. Rotational deploymentChung said the United States and South Korea had agreed on the rotational deployment of US strategic assets to South Korea, possibly as soon as year-end, said lawmakers at the meeting. South Korea and the United States have said it is only to curb North Korea’s missile threats.

Source: Mint September 28, 2017 05:15 UTC