South Korea and U.S. militaries to begin annual UFS exercise next week

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South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their annual large-scale exercises next week to beef up readiness against North Korean threats, the allies announced Monday, days after North Korea resumed its banned ballistic missile testing activities. ( Video courtesy of Associated Press, AGENCY POOL )  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2026/08/10/south-korea-us-to-begin-exercises-next-week-to-bolster-readiness-against-norths-threats   Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:15UFS 26 is an annual exercise that is defensive in nature by incorporating realistic threats lessons

00:22learned from recent conflicts it will serve as an opportunity to further strengthen the

00:27alliances readiness and capabilities to combine joint all domain operations the excise will

00:33also serve as an opportunity to support ongoing preparations for a condition space wartime

00:40operation control transition consistent with alliance agreement what I will also say is

00:48DPRK soldiers have deployed and fought in Ukraine and they've taken those lessons they

00:53learned there and brought them back to North Korea those that changes the DPR capability

00:59and our training accounts for that threat that is why the exercise looks different from Freedom

01:06Shield and over the last five years it's continually evolved.

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