US, S Korea agree to suspend drills during Olympics

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SEOUL: The United States and South Korea have agreed to delay joint military exercises until after the Winter Olympics next month, the government in Seoul announced, in an apparent move to de-escalate tensions with Pyongyang. The announcement came just hours after US President Donald Trump said that high-level talks set for next week between North and South Korea were ?a good thing.? Tensions have spiralled in recent months after North Korea held multiple missile launches and its sixth and most powerful nuclear test ? purportedly of a hydrogen bomb.Trump has also traded personal insults with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong-Un, rattling regional allies.

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