SEOUL — Thousands of U.S. troops converged on South Korea on Friday for the start of annual joint military exercises, a report said, as tensions run high on the peninsula following North Korea’s third nuclear test.
A joint air, ground and naval field training exercise known as Foal Eagle will run until April 30, involving more than 10,000 U.S. troops along with a far greater number of South Korean personnel.
“U.S. troops of reinforcement headed off (to South Korea) from the bases in the U.S., the Pacific and Japan,” Yonhap news agency quoted a military official as saying.
The exercise will involve land, air and landing operations. AFP was unable immediately to independently confirm the start of the exercise, but an earlier announcement from the defense ministry said they would begin Friday.
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