U.S. Military Drills in South Korea: A Trigger for Tension with North Korea

Christian Baghai
4 min readMay 9, 2024

Today we’re delving deep into the heart of a topic that might seem mundane at first — military drills — but as you’ll see, it’s anything but that.

Every March, the U.S. and South Korea engage in joint military exercises, a practice that dates back decades, involving around 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea. From an outsider’s…

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