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According to Yonhap News Agency today, the “Eulji Freedom Shield” joint military exercise between the US and South Korea ended early today. The report said that this is the first time that the length and scale of military exercises between the US and South Korea have been shortened during the war zone level. The large-scale joint military exercise of the “Eulji Freedom Shield” between the US and South Korea began on August 17, and the original plan was to continue until August 27. During the exercise, it is planned to carry out 14 field mobility exercises at battalion level or above. On the afternoon of August 16, US Eastern Time, US President Trump posted on social media platforms that due to his “good relationship” with North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un, he was dissatisfied that the US had previously agreed to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea, and had “instructed the US Secretary of Defense to drastically reduce the scale of this military exercise.”

Zhitongcaijing·08/21/2026 04:57:07
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According to Yonhap News Agency today, the “Eulji Freedom Shield” joint military exercise between the US and South Korea ended early today. The report said that this is the first time that the length and scale of military exercises between the US and South Korea have been shortened during the war zone level. The large-scale joint military exercise of the “Eulji Freedom Shield” between the US and South Korea began on August 17, and the original plan was to continue until August 27. During the exercise, it is planned to carry out 14 field mobility exercises at battalion level or above. On the afternoon of August 16, US Eastern Time, US President Trump posted on social media platforms that due to his “good relationship” with North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un, he was dissatisfied that the US had previously agreed to participate in joint military exercises with South Korea, and had “instructed the US Secretary of Defense to drastically reduce the scale of this military exercise.”