Ulchi Taegeuk exercise postponed due to COVID-19
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In light of the COVID-19 outbreak,... South Korea has decided to postpone this year's 'Ulchi Taegeuk' exercise,...initially scheduled for May, to the latter half of the year.
The exercise replaces the previously-held joint exercise with the U.S., 'Ulchi Freedom Guardian'... which had been conducted annually for more than four decades, but was suspended last year.
In 2019, some four-thousand government and related agencies spearheaded by South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety participated in the exercise, involving close to half-a-million people.
The new exercise is aimed at promoting military readiness in case of war and the training of government ministries to deal with national crises and disasters.
In light of the COVID-19 outbreak,... South Korea has decided to postpone this year's 'Ulchi Taegeuk' exercise,...initially scheduled for May, to the latter half of the year.
The exercise replaces the previously-held joint exercise with the U.S., 'Ulchi Freedom Guardian'... which had been conducted annually for more than four decades, but was suspended last year.
In 2019, some four-thousand government and related agencies spearheaded by South Korea's Ministry of the Interior and Safety participated in the exercise, involving close to half-a-million people.
The new exercise is aimed at promoting military readiness in case of war and the training of government ministries to deal with national crises and disasters.