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Cheong Wa Dae: S. Korea, U.S. Have Closely Coordinated on Combined Exercises... Active Participation in International Discussions on Iran President Donald Trump posting on social media that he had instructed U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to drastically scale down the scope of the South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:06 AM

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UFS Focus Shifts: Fewer North Korea Field Exercises, Stronger China Deterrence As U.S. President Trump ordered a scale-down of the exercises, the South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:06 AM

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"Very Good Relationship With Kim Jong Un"... Suddenly Orders Scaling Down of South Korea-U.S. Joint Exercises U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a drastic reduction in the scale of the South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:06 AM

U.S. Lawmakers Criticize Scaling Back of South Korea-U.S. Drills; Hillary Clinton Asks, 'Are You Kidding Me?' Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Criticism is pouring in from U.S. political circles over U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:06 AM

Xinhua: Trump's Reduction of South Korea-U.S. Drills Aimed at Midterm Elections and Chinese Leaders China's state-run media interpreted U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks about drastically scaling back joint South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:05 AM

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Trump Wants to 'Hit South Korea Once'... Real Motive Behind Cutting Joint Military Drills? An analysis suggests that behind U.S. President Donald Trump's order to scale back South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:05 AM

USFK Commander Brunson Meets Ahn Gyu-back Amid Focus on Trump's Joint Drill Reduction Directive Forces Korea Commander Xavier Brunson leaves the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on the 18th. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:05 AM

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Ahead of South Korea-U.S. Joint Drills... Unprecedented 'Unfinalized Drills' South Korean and U.S. military authorities have announced that the South Korea-U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:04 AM

South Korea-US Freedom Shield Exercise Begins Today... North Korea Backlash Possible Despite Reduced Field Training The military authorities of South Korea and the United States started the Freedom Shield exercise, a theater-level joint drill simulating contingencies on the Korean Peninsula, today . SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:03 AM

Reduction of S. Korea-U.S. Exercises a 'Short-Sighted Mistake': U.S. Opposition and Media Criticize Trump Senator Mark Kelly Following U.S. President Donald Trump's directive on the 16th to scale back joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States, criticisms have emerged from the U.S. SBS Aug 19, 2026 9:03 AM