SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea said on Tuesday (May 30) it had conducted a joint drill with a United States supersonic B-1B Lancer bomber after North Korea’s state media earlier accused the US of staging a drill to practise dropping nuclear bombs on the Korean peninsula. Moon Sang-gyun, a spokesperson for the South Korean defense ministry, said the exercise took place on Monday (May 29) but declined to give further details. Earlier on […]
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China, U.S. look past tensions with joint relief drill
By Ben Blanchard KUNMING, China, Nov 18 (Reuters) – China and the United States wrapped up a three-day humanitarian relief military drill on Friday, looking past simmering tensions over the disputed South China Sea and the deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea. The exercises, held in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming, come a month after a U.S. navy destroyer sailed near islands claimed by China in the South […]





