The South Korean military on Friday said it believes North Korea will attempt to drive a wedge between the allies and ask Seoul to put a stop to U.S.-ROK joint military drills in exchange for its participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) shared the assessment of this year’s security situation at a joint 2018 policy briefing by five ministries.

“North Korea will attempt to weaken ROK – U.S. cooperation by demanding the suspension of the South-U.S. joint training and the deployment of the U.S. strategic assets to the Korean peninsula under the pretext of