{"id":86019,"date":"2025-03-07T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/07\/south-korea-pauses-military-drills-after-accidental-bombing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:30:31","slug":"south-korea-pauses-military-drills-after-accidental-bombing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/07\/south-korea-pauses-military-drills-after-accidental-bombing\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea pauses military drills after accidental bombing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 South Korea suspended the training flights of air force aircraft and all live-fire drills following its fighter jets\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/south-korea-fighter-jet-accidental-bombing-4e2b2cc86b8510eed1849b9b24890880\" target=\"_blank\">accidental bombing<\/a> of a civilian area, officials said Friday, posing a potential setback to its upcoming annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2025\/03\/03\/us-carrier-arrives-in-south-korea-after-north-korea-missile-test\/\" target=\"_blank\">military training with the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets mistakenly released four MK-82 bombs each on a civilian area in Pocheon, a city near the tense border with North Korea. The bombing, which injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, occurred when South Korean and U.S. forces were engaging in a live-fire drill in connection with their broader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/08\/22\/us-s-korea-open-biggest-drills-in-years-amid-north-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Shield<\/a> command post exercise set to begin Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year\u2019s Freedom Shield exercise is the allies\u2019 first major joint training since President Donald Trump returned to office in January and comes amid concerns about North Korea\u2019s booming military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2025\/02\/27\/north-korea-appears-to-have-sent-more-troops-to-aid-russia-seoul-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">cooperation with Russia.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea and the U.S. announced details of the exercises Thursday, but it was overshadowed by the news of the bombing, which drew intense public criticism in South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the South Korean and U.S. militaries halted all live-fire exercises across South Korea. Military officials said that South Korea\u2019s air force also stopped the flights of its entire aircrafts except surveillance planes and others needed for emergency situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Military officials said the Freedom Shield training will proceed as scheduled and they plan to restart live-fire and flight training after they find the exact cause of the bombing and formulate preventative steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But if they fail to resume the paused training by Monday when they kick off the Freedom Shield exercise with the U.S. military, that will hurt the workings of the early parts of the exercise, observers say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lee Illwoo, an expert with the Korea Defense Network in South Korea, said the suspension of flight training would particularly cause \u201creally a big problem in examining the two countries\u2019 operational plans.\u201d He said flying warplanes would be essential to determining their actual capabilities, discussing the size of reinforcements of U.S. aircraft from abroad and modifying the allies\u2019 operational plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Initial investigations found the pilot of one of the KF-16s entered the wrong coordinates for a bombing site. Officials said the pilots of two KF-16s had more than 200-400 hours of flying time. Lee said they likely piloted KF-16s only two to three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Korean and U.S. militaries have already begun field exercises in connection with the Freedom Shield, and Thursday\u2019s live-fire drill was one of them. Col. Ryan Donald, spokesperson for the U.S. military in South Korea, confirmed that American servicemembers were participating in Thursday\u2019s live-fire training but no U.S. air force aircraft was still involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe take this incident very seriously. We are coordinating closely with the ROK Ministry of Defense and are committed to a thorough and transparent investigation,\u201d Donald said in a statement, using the acronym of South Korea\u2019s official name, the Republic of Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident happened as North Korea was ramping up its <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/north-korea-kim-sister-us-aircraft-carrier-94d31c2243c84daf4b04764ff6811860\">fiery rhetoric<\/a> against the U.S. and South Korea, as it views their joint drills as invasion rehearsals. North Korea\u2019s state news agency warned Friday that the U.S. and South Korea \u201cwill have to pay dearly for their stupid and reckless war drills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has said he would reach out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again to revive diplomacy, but North Korea hasn\u2019t responded to his overture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In South Korea, there were concerns that Trump might scale back U.S.-South Korean military drills because, during his first term, he <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/e828d1bdcd4e4f01894eb74a109fbe9c\">complained about the cost<\/a> of bilateral exercises and once unilaterally announced the cancellation of one drill after his first summit with Kim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Lee said Trump now knows the importance of South Korea in America\u2019s Indo-Pacific and China policies and won\u2019t downsize drills with South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p 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