US and South Korea scale back major military exercise to aid nuclear talks
(The Guardian North Korea)

Jim Mattis says Foal Eagle, a joint exercise scheduled for spring 2019, `reorganized ... to be at a level not harmful to diplomacy´The United States and South Korea have scaled down a joint military exercise scheduled for the spring of 2019 to facilitate nuclear talks with North Korea, Jim Mattis, the US defense secretary, said Wednesday.`Foal Eagle is being reorganized a bit to keep it at a level that will not be harmful to diplomacy,` Mattis said, adding that it would be `reduced in scope.` Related: North Korea`s Kim Jong-un supervises test of `new ultramodern weapon` Continue reading...