The U.S. aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in Sept. 2020 | Image: U.S. Navy
A U.S. aircraft carrier has visited South Korean waters for the first time in nearly six months to participate in joint drills, as North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles it has described as warnings to the allies.
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is part of a carrier strike group that sailed near Jeju Island on Monday to conduct maritime drills with the ROK navy and will move to Busan Naval Base the following day, according to the South Korean defense ministry.
A U.S. aircraft carrier has visited South Korean waters for the first time in nearly six months to participate in joint drills, as North Korea continues to fire ballistic missiles it has described as warnings to the allies.
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is part of a carrier strike group that sailed near Jeju Island on Monday to conduct maritime drills with the ROK navy and will move to Busan Naval Base the following day, according to the South Korean defense ministry.
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim 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. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim