South Korea, Dec. 20 (TNS): South Korea will hold smaller joint military drills with the United States next year.
The Defense Ministry in a statement said that scaling back larger exercises as part of an effort to boost nuclear diplomacy with North Korea.
It said that under nuclear talks, Seoul and Washington are discussing scaling back their regular field exercises, including Foal Eagle in early next year, and hold two computer-simulated command post drills next year.
