BBC: South Korea and US to end large-scale war games
The US and South Korea have confirmed they will no longer hold large-scale joint military exercises which have always infuriated North Korea.
The alliance's defence chiefs said the decision supported "diplomatic efforts to achieve complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula".
A number of exercises were suspended last year after US President Donald Trump met North Korea's Kim Jong-un.
North Korea regards the games as preparation for a military invasion.
The defence ministers from the US and South Korea agreed to end the Foal Eagle and Key Resolve series of exercises in a phone call on Saturday.
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