{"id":63638,"date":"2018-03-20T02:44:55","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T02:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/20\/us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:45:12","slug":"us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/20\/us-south-korean-military-exercises-to-begin-april-1\/","title":{"rendered":"US-South Korean military exercises to begin April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 At a potentially pivotal moment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/11\/us-officials-say-no-added-conditions-for-north-korea-talks\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">diplomacy with North Korea<\/a>, the Pentagon said Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/training-sim\/2018\/01\/04\/mattis-korea-drill-pause-a-logistics-matter-not-a-political-one\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">annual U.S.-South Korean military exercises that had been postponed for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics<\/a> will begin April 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a brief statement, the Pentagon said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and his South Korean counterpart, Song Young-moo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/pentagon\/2018\/02\/11\/mattis-too-early-to-tell-if-olympics-will-lead-to-north-korea-breakthrough\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">agreed to go forward with the maneuvers<\/a>, known as Foal Eagle and Key Resolve, \u201cat a scale similar to\u201d that of previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea has been notified of the schedule \u201cas well as the defensive nature\u201d of the exercises, the Pentagon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2018\/03\/13\/mcmaster-maximum-pressure-on-north-korea-until-progress\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP18067615714382.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">McMaster: Maximum pressure on North Korea until progress<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. national security adviser said Monday that the U.N. 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Washington and Seoul insist they are defensive and are needed to keep allied forces combat-ready.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2018\/02\/08\/images-from-military-parade-show-rare-glimpse-of-north-korean-tech\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Images from military parade show rare glimpse of North Korean nuclear arsenal<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After recent high-level talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials said Kim indicated his acceptance of the maneuvers. Kim also offered to meet personally with President Donald Trump to discuss giving up his nuclear weapons on unspecified terms, and Trump quickly agreed. The time and place of the unprecedented talks have not been set, but the White House indicated the summit would happen by May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korean President Moon Jae-in is scheduled to set the stage for that summit by meeting with Kim in April in the Demilitarized Zone, which separates the two Koreas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It had been widely expected that the U.S.-South Korean military exercises would go ahead, even with the new prospects for diplomacy. Some have speculated that the maneuvers would be scaled back, but the Pentagon said they would be conducted at \u201cthe same scale, scope and duration\u201d as in previous years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The larger of the two exercises, Foal Eagle, is a field training exercise with about 11,500 U.S. troops and about 290,000 South Korean troops, according to a Pentagon spokesman, Marine Lt. Col. Christopher Logan. 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