{"id":3742,"date":"2018-06-18T22:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T22:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2018-06-18T22:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T22:00:22","slug":"south-korea-holds-war-games-to-defend-against-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/06\/18\/south-korea-holds-war-games-to-defend-against-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"SOUTH KOREA HOLDS WAR GAMES TO DEFEND AGAINST JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2682\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-560x372.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-260x173.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA-160x106.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/11\/SOUTH-KOREA.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Shephardmedia<\/p>\n<p>South Korea began two days of war games on 18 June to practice defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast against an unlikely attack by Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The drills come just days after US President Donald Trump announced the suspension of long-running US joint exercises with South Korea \u2013 aimed at deterring North Korea \u2013 calling them expensive and \u2018provocative\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day exercise \u2013 tiny compared with the suspended US-South Korea war games \u2013 will involve six warships and seven aircraft and had begun, South Korea\u2019s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said.<\/p>\n<p>A unit of marines will land on the largely barren rocky islets, inhabited by around 40 people \u2013 mostly police officers.Choi Hyun-soo, a spokeswoman at South Korea\u2019s MND, said: \u2018The Dokdo defence drill is a routine training conducted to prevent an invasion from external forces.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.shephardmedia.com\/news\/defence-notes\/south-korea-holds-war-games-defend-against-japan\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Shephardmedia South Korea began two days of war games on 18 June to practice defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast against an unlikely attack by Japan. 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