Schedule for the annual the Republic of Korea (RoK)-U.S. war game, which was delayed during the period of the 23rd Winter Olympics and Paralympic Games, will be unveiled after the Paralympic Games ending in mid-March, RoK's defense chief said Tuesday (Feb.20).
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Visiting
U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis (C) and RoK Defense Minister Song
Young-moo (R) visit Observation Post Ouellette in Paju near the truce village
of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on Oct. 27, 2017. (Photo: Xinhua)
Defense Minister Song Young-moo told a parliamentary defense
committee that U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis and he will announce
the exact schedule for the joint military exercises sometime between March 18
and the end of March, as the Paralympic Games end on March 18.
The Winter Olympics, which kicked off on Feb. 9 in RoK's east
county of PyeongChang, would run till Feb. 25. The Paralympic Games will
follow it from March 9 to March 18 at the same venue.
RoK and the United States had agreed to postpone their joint
annual war games, codenamed "Key Resolve" and "Foal
Eagle," to make the Winter Olympics a peace Olympic.
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Source: NDO
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