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ROK military to conduct more drills to prepare for North Korean nuclear threats

Computer-simulated Taeguk exercises will start Monday following unprecedented week of DPRK missile launches
Jeongmin Kim November 4, 2022
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ROK military to conduct more drills to prepare for North Korean nuclear threats
South Korea holds Ulchi-Taeguk Exercises in 2019 | Image: ROK Army

The South Korean military will hold computer-simulated drills next week to bolster capabilities against North Korean threats, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) announced on Friday, the latest in a series of unilateral and joint military exercises on the peninsula that have drawn Pyongyang’s ire.

The JCS announced that the Taeguk Exercises will start next Monday after a historic week of North Korean missile launches, including at least 23 fired in a single day on Wednesday.

“The Taeguk Exercises are annual command post exercises (CPX) led by JCS, conducted with a focus on bolstering crisis management capabilities and increasing performance

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is Executive Director at Korea Risk Group, based in Seoul. She covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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