South Korea, the United States and Japan will conduct their annual Freedom Edge exercise next month to counter Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile threats, the ROK military announced Friday. 

Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that the trilateral multi-domain exercise will run Sept. 7 to 11 in international waters southeast of Jeju Island.

“The exercise is a drill defensive in nature conducted annually by South Korea, the U.S. and Japan to counter North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats and safeguard peace and stability in the region,” the JCS said.

The announcement comes a week after President Donald Trump