Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on President Donald Trump’s plan to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea on ‘The Story.’ South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged his nation to boost its independent military capabilities Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered a cut to join U.S.-South Korean military exercises. Lee made the statement during a meeting with his cabinet on Tuesday, a day after the annual joint Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises began. Trump announced on social media this weekend that he ordered War Secretary Pete Hegseth to "substantially reduce" U.S. involvement in the drills. Trump's statement expressed concern that the drills presented an overly hostile tone toward North Korea, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, Trump spoke of with warm words. TRUMP ORDERS MAJOR CUT TO US-SOUTH KOREA DRILLS AS NORTH KOREA RAM
Aug 18, 2026 → Aug 31, 2026
A Korean-born US Army veteran who self-deported last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led to him leaving, raising hopes that he can return to the United States. Sae Joon Park, 57, is among a number of noncitizen US military…
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A Korean-born US Army veteran who self-deported last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led to him leaving, raising hopes that he can return to the United States. Sae Joon Park, 57, is among a number of…
Read original at CNN →Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance. The Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, a federal judge ruled in an order vacating government directives against…
Read original at Ars Technica →Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea,…
Read original at The Guardian →President Trump says his relationship with Kim Jong Un is a "good thing" as he signals a possible meeting later this year and scales back U.S.-South Korea military drills. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that…
Read original at Fox News →South Korea's annual joint military drills with the US will be cut short by six days at the request of Washington, its defence ministry has announced. Seoul said that the "period and scale" of the 2026 Ulchi Freedom…
Read original at BBC →President Donald Trump said Wednesday he intends to meet later this year with Kim Jong Un, claiming he gets along well with the North Korean leader. “Yeah, I will,” Trump said when asked whether he planned in-person…
Read original at CNN →Victor Cha says Trump’s frustration with trade and investment delays, his desire to reengage Kim Jong Un and his view that wealthy South Korea should shoulder more defense costs all factored into the decision. President…
Read original at Fox News →South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff said the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise would end on 21 August at the request of the US Analysis: In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why…
Read original at The Guardian →Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlinson reports on President Donald Trump’s plan to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea on ‘The Story.’ South Korean President Lee Jae Myung urged his nation to boost its…
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A Korean-born US Army veteran who self-deported last year has been pardoned for the crimes that led to him leaving, raising hopes that he can return to the United States. Sae Joon Park, 57, is among a number of noncitizen US military…
View source →Anthropic refused to support lethal autonomous warfare and mass surveillance. The Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal, a federal judge ruled in an order vacating government directives against the use of the firm’s…
View source →Launches, detected by South Korea and Japan, came after US scaled back exercises with South Korea in apparent overture to Kim Jong-un North Korea has launched about 10 short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military…
View source →President Trump says his relationship with Kim Jong Un is a "good thing" as he signals a possible meeting later this year and scales back U.S.-South Korea militar
View source →South Korea's annual joint military drills with the US will be cut short by six days at the request of Washington, its defence ministry has announced. Seoul said that the "period and scale" of the 2026 Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise had…
View source →President Donald Trump said Wednesday he intends to meet later this year with Kim Jong Un, claiming he gets along well with the North Korean leader. “Yeah, I will,” Trump said when asked whether he planned in-person talks with Kim, with…
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