SEOUL – South Korea and the United States will begin preliminary military drills on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday according to Reuters.
The drills, called Crisis Management Staff Training, were designed to examine the allies’ readiness to respond to a potential contingency, and will be held until Friday before switching to full-scale exercises scheduled for Aug. 16-26, Yonhap said, citing unidentified military and government sources.
South Korea’s defence ministry said the timing, scale and formation of the drills were not yet finalised. The US Forces Korea declined to comment, citing its policy.
South Korea and the United States regularly stage military exercises, mainly in the spring and summer.
Yonhap said the drills would consist mostly of computerised simulations with no live field training involving US-based troops, in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
