Every year in August, the South Korean and US forces jointly hold military exercises which include the world's largest computer-simulated war games and involve several thousand troops from both countries, reports Efe news. The exercises, which last 12 days, seek to coordinate a response to a possible invasion by North Korea. Despite the defensive nature of the maneuvers, North Korea still criticises the operation every year and considers them as preparations for an attack of Pyongyang. North Korea threatened to attack the US in retaliation to the sanctions imposed by the United Nations over its missile tests, to which US President Donald Trump responded with an unusually fierce tone. The statement, however, did not mention the proposal for a dialogue the South Korean President made in July, which Pyongyang has so far ignored.

Source: bd News24 August 18, 2017 05:26 UTC