SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a joint aerial exercise near the Korean peninsula, which would be the first time the three countries are conducting such a drill, media reports said on Wednesday.
A South Korean defence ministry official declined to confirm or comment on the details of the aerial exercise.
But the three countries are "expanding" three-way joint military exercises on the basis of an agreement by their leaders in August at the Camp David summit to bolster cooperation against North Korea's threats, the official said.
General Kim Seung-kyum, who chairs the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff, said at a parliamentary hearing last week that the three countries were planning to stage joint aerial drills, local media reported.
The U.S. nuclear-capable B-52 bomber, which is currently deployed in South Korea, made a rare flyover at a South Korean defence exhibition on Tuesday.
Persons:
David, Kim Seung, Hyunsu Yim, Raju Gopalakrishnan
Organizations:
Ilbo, Chiefs of Staff, Seoul
Locations:
SEOUL, South Korea, United States, Japan, U.S, Korean, North Korea