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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Zaheena Rasheed

Biden, Yoon mull more military exercises amid N Korea tensions

US President Joe Biden, left, speaks as South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol listens during a news conference at the People's House inside the Ministry of National Defense, Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Seoul, South Korea [Evan Vucci/ AP]

Seoul, South Korea – The leaders of South Korea and the United States have agreed to consider expanding the scope and scale of their joint military exercises amid a sharp rise in weapons tests from North Korea since the beginning of the year.

President Yoon Suk-yeol and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, announced the move in a joint statement on Saturday following their first summit in South Korea’s capital, Seoul.

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