한미, 이달 예정 연합공중훈련 전격 연기…美 "선의의 조치"<br /><br />The top defense officials from South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to postpone their joint wintertime air drill,... to support diplomacy with North Korea.<br />The announcement came after a meeting between Seoul's defense minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper.<br />This was on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus,... being held in Bangkok, Thailand.<br />No specific timeline was given regarding the postponement,... but Mark Esper said it could be adjusted "depending on what diplomacy may require." <br />The allies had initially planned to conduct the exercise in mid-November,... a scaled-back version of the Vigilant Ace air exercise,... which was condemned by the North as a rehearsal for invasion. <br />
