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        "msgid": "us-abruptly-cancels-marine-drill-with-south-korea-why-1787561622",
        "date": "2026-08-24 14:26:54",
        "title": "US Abruptly Cancels Marine Drill with South Korea, Why?",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "The United States has abruptly cancelled a joint marine exercise with South Korea scheduled for next month, citing troop constraints linked to the war against Iran. The cancellation follows President Donald Trump's order to scale back annual joint military drills, which he justified by citing high costs and Seoul's refusal to join US operations against Iran.",
        "content": "<p>The United States government has suddenly cancelled a joint marine\nexercise with South Korea scheduled for next month. What is the\nreason?<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation, as reported by Reuters on Monday (24\/8\/2026), was\nannounced by the South Korean Marine Corps in a statement released on\nMonday (24\/8) local time, after the US cited troop constraints due to\nthe war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The joint marine exercise was said to involve amphibious landing\ndrills participated in by marine personnel from the two allied\ncountries.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the South Korean Marine Corps said in a press\nstatement that the US Marine Corps had officially informed them in June\nthat troop availability would be limited for the division-level\nexercise, known as Ssangyong.<\/p>\n<p>The two countries, the spokesman said, continue to hold close\nconsultations on resuming the joint marine exercise.<\/p>\n<p>He did not specify what steps might be taken to prevent future\ncancellations, or to replace the lost training opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>US Forces Korea (USFK) has not yet provided an official response to\nthe report.<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation of the joint marine exercise follows a sudden order\nfrom US President Donald Trump to reduce the scale of the annual joint\nmilitary drills between the two countries, which were ended early on\nFriday (21\/8) last week.<\/p>\n<p>Trump cited the high cost and Seoul\u2019s refusal to engage in US\noperations against Iran as his reasons for issuing the order.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement via his Truth Social account, Trump also said that the\njoint military exercise, named Ulchi Freedom Shield, sent \u201ca completely\ninappropriate and hostile signal to a country that, during Donald J\nTrump\u2019s presidency, has shown no threat and has been respectful\u201d. Trump\nwas referring to North Korea, which has always condemned the US-South\nKorea joint exercises as \u201cpreparations for invasion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the reduced scale of the joint exercise, Pyongyang launched\n10 short-range ballistic missiles last week and released a statement\ncondemning the exercise.<\/p>",
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