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SEOUL — The U.S. and South Korea will stage a joint naval exercise in the Yellow Sea next week as a show of force directed at North Korea, blamed for the recent sinking of a South Korean warship.
Officials with South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense on Thursday confirmed the exercise will run from Monday through June 10.
U.S. Forces Korea and U.S. Navy officials in the Pacific declined to comment on the exercise.
