# US to ‘substantially reduce’ military drills with South Korea

https://mins.news/en/video/24416

- TRT World, 2026-08-17 17:33 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6lPF-4x2Io

> South Korea and the United States have begun joint military exercises, but the drills have been sharply scaled back on Donald Trump’s orders. The US president says the 11-day exercises are costly and send what he calls a “totally inappropriate and hostile signal” to Pyongyang.

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