{"id":55252,"date":"2017-12-22T05:41:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=55252"},"modified":"2017-12-22T05:41:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T05:41:29","slug":"us-officials-refuse-rule-major-military-drills-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/us-officials-refuse-rule-major-military-drills-south-korea.html","title":{"rendered":"US officials REFUSE to rule out MAJOR military drills in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">US officials REFUSE to rule out MAJOR military drills in South Korea<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">US officials REFUSE to rule out MAJOR military drills in South Korea:- UNITED States defence officials have refused to rule out conducting major military exercises at the same time as the Winter Olympics in South Korea, despite warnings the drills could provoke a response from the nuclear-armed North.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The South Korean President claimed the earlier this week the US had agreed to consider postponing two training operations scheduled to take place during the PyeongChang Winter Games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The 17-day event is set to take place just 50 miles from the heavily fortified frontier with the hermit state &#8211; 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