The United States axed a military exercise with South Korea scheduled for September, the East Asian nation’s Marine Corps said on Monday.
Washington’s cancellation of the joint amphibious landing manoeuvres comes after it cited limitations on its forces brought on by the ongoing war with Iran.
“The U.S. Marine Corps formally notified our forces in June that its ability to deploy forces during this year’s Ssangyong exercise would be constrained due to the situation in the Middle East,” Han Seung-jeon, a spokesman for the South Korean Marine Corps, said at a news briefing, Channel News Asia reported….
US Cancels Military Drill With South Korea After Citing Iran War Constraints, Seoul Says
