South Korea’s president says the proposal will depend on North Korea’s behavior.
The South Korean government has asked the United States to consider delaying the start of their annual springtime joint military exercises until after the Winter Olympics.
The 2018 Winter Olympics will take place in Pyeongchang, South Korea, in February. The annual Foal Eagle/Key Resolve U. S.-South Korea joint military exercises typically begin around that time, but the South Korean government is concerned about possible provocations from North Korea as the exercises begin.
“It is possible for South Korea and the U. S. to review the possibility of postponing the drill,” South Korean President Moon Jae-in remarked during a television interview on Tuesday. Moon clarified that the delay would only be possible should North Korea refrain from additional missile and nuclear tests in the meantime.
North Korea has carried out 23 separate ballistic missile launches and one test of what it claimed was a high-yield thermonuclear bomb in 2017.
