South Korea and the United States began their annual large-scale joint military exercise on Monday to better cope with threats by nuclear-armed North Korea

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South Korea’s new liberal president, Lee Jae Myung, says he will seek to restore a 2018 military agreement with North Korea aimed at reducing border tensions and urged Pyongyang to respond to Seoul’s efforts to rebuild trust and revive dialogue

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South Korea's military says North Korea has started removing some loudspeakers from the inter-Korean border

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The threat posed by North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile programs will be a key focus of the exercise

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The speakers had previously been used to blast anti-North Korean propaganda across the border