Bloomberg Politics:
The U.S. and South Korea will conduct joint military drills as “normal” after the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Pyeongchang end in March, Defense Ministry spokeswoman Choi Hyunsoo said in a briefing Thursday.
That stance was echoed at the Pentagon, where Lieutenant General Kenneth McKenzie, staff director for the Joint Chiefs, told reporters, “We’re deconflicting during the period of the Olympics, and exercises will continue immediately after the Olympics.”
The commitment to resume exercises, delayed from earlier this year to accommodate North Korea’s participation in the Games, came hours after Pyongyang issued an appeal to “all Koreans” at home and abroad to increase exchanges and cooperation to facilitate unification.
