US and South Korea to begin scaled back joint military exercises this week, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff say.
The drills involve so-called combined command post training, which is focused on computerized simulations aimed at preparing the two militaries for various battle scenarios, such as a surprise North Korean attack.
The U.S. and South Korean militaries had canceled their springtime drills following a COVID-19 outbreak in the southern city of Daegu and nearby towns that was stabilized by April.But South Korea is now dealing with a virus resurgence in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, home to half of the country's 51 million people. It forced U.S. Forces Korea to designate the capital and surrounding areas off-limits to personnel who don't live there.
The allies have downsized much of their combined training activity after Trump unilaterally suspended large-scale field training with South Korea after his first summit with North Korean leader
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