Military

Japan, South Korea and US hold trilateral military exercise amid rising tensions

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Japan, South Korea and the US have held joint military drills after Tokyo and Seoul agreed to trilateral cooperation with Washington. The exercises off the South Korean island of Jeju took place on November 14, 2024, under a pact brokered by US President Joe Biden in 2023 in what was considered a strong message to China and North Korea. The naval drills were staged under Biden’s administration weeks before the Democrat is to hand over power to Republican president-elect Donald Trump.

November 15, 2024