South Korea Minister Says Trump Appears to Be Pressuring Seoul over Iran, Investment
Cho said Trump’s drill cut may be tied to U.S. pressure over Iran and a stalled $350 billion investment plan.
- On Wednesday, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun stated that President Donald Trump's order to shorten annual joint military drills to five days from 11 aims to pressure Seoul to support U.S. efforts in the Iran war.
- Cho told the National Assembly Committee on Foreign Affairs and Unification that Seoul received no advance notice, stating, "Neither our government nor U.S. officials knew what President Trump wrote on his Truth Social."
- Regarding the ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back remained in "close consultations" with U.S. counterparts, prompting Cho to clarify, "Since our defense minister was involved in the discussions, I do not think it amounts to a unilateral notification."
- Cho warned that Washington should not use the scale-back as a pretext to delay the transfer of wartime operational control, while friction persists over South Korea's $350 billion investment pledge.
- Curtailing the exercises might facilitate a new meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un this fall, Unification Minister Chung Dong-young suggested, with Cho noting such a summit could mark "a new turning point.
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South Korea and the United States will reduce their annual joint military exercises from 11 to five days and will decrease part of the field training, the allies informed on Wednesday. The decision takes place after President Donald Trump ordered a substantial reduction in American participation. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Wednesday that Trump's order to reduce joint military exercises seems to have as its objective, in part,…
The South Korean government has called restrictions on joint military exercises initiated by US President Donald Trump a measure of pressure from Washington, Reuters reports.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Kim Dong-hyun, Kim Ji-heon, and Park Soo-yoon = Foreign Minister Cho Hyun [regarding] U.S. President Donald Trump's reduction of South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises on social media...
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