According to South Korean sources, after US President Trump requested a drastic reduction in the scale of joint military exercises between South Korea and the US, the South Korean and US military held an emergency meeting on the 18th and decided to drastically reduce the ongoing “Eulji Freedom Shield” joint military exercise schedule. The exercises originally planned to last until the 27th were brought forward to the end of this week, and the second phase of the counterattack exercise was cancelled. The “Ecchi Freedom Shield” joint military exercise began on the 17th. The original plan was to be carried out in two stages: the first stage was from the 17th to the 21st, with response to attack and defense as the main exercise content; the second stage was originally scheduled to be held from the 23rd to the 27th, and the focus was counterattack exercises. South Korean military sources revealed that after urgent negotiations, the South Korean and US military decided on the 18th that this exercise will only carry out the first phase of defensive operations, and that US military personnel will be withdrawn after completion; training programs that were not implemented in the original plan will be found separately. This adjustment means that the overall training time for the “Ecchi Freedom Shield” exercise was reduced by about half compared to the original plan.

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