The United States and South Korea announced on Saturday their desire to strengthen their joint military exercises to deal with the "
threat
" from North Korea, during a meeting in Seoul between Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart. Korean Yoon Suk-yeol.
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In view of the evolving threat posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the two leaders agree to enter into discussions with a view to expanding the scope and scale of joint military exercises and training in and around the Korean Peninsula
,” according to a joint statement issued after a summit in Seoul between US Presidents Joe Biden and South Korean Presidents Yoon Suk-yeol.
South Korean intelligence services have warned that North Korea has completed preparations to carry out a nuclear test, which would be the seventh in its history.
In Washington, State Department spokesman Ned Price acknowledged that a "
provocation
" by Pyongyang was a real risk.