SEOUL: A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday (Jun 22) for a joint military drills aimed to better counter North Korean threats, Seoul's navy said.
The Theodore Roosevelt , a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is anchored in Busan, South Korea , Jun 22, 2024. SEOUL: A US aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Saturday for a joint military drills aimed to better counter North Korea n threats, Seoul's navy said.
Its arrival"demonstrates the strong combined defence posture of the South Korea-US alliance and their firm resolve to respond to the escalating threats from North Korea", it added. The carrier arrived a day after Seoul said it had fired warning shots when North Korean soldiers briefly crossed the heavily fortified border in the third such incursion this month.
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