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South Korea says US cancelled joint marine drills over Iran war

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 324 words · By Gavin Blackburn
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What to know about South Korea says US cancelled joint marine drills over Iran war

The cancellation follows US President Donald Trump's order last week to scale down the separate annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, cutting the joint drills from 11 days to five.

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What happened

The cancellation follows US President Donald Trump's order last week to scale down the separate annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, cutting the joint drills from 11 days to five.

Why it matters

South Korea said on Monday that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the Iran war.

Common ground

The biennial Ssangyong drills involve marine forces from South Korea and the United States and are designed to strengthen combined operations, typically involving warships, aircraft and ground forces rehearsing amphibious landings.

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Claim 1: “Trump and Kim met three times during Trump's first term”
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The Guardian cross-reference explicitly states that Trump met Kim three times during his first term, including the 2019 DMZ crossing.
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Claim 2: “The biennial Ssangyong drills involve marine forces from South Korea and the United States”
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Multiple web sources confirm that the Ssangyong drills are biennial amphibious landing exercises involving the marine forces of South Korea and the United States.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The KG Mobility Corporation (Korean: 케이지모빌리티 주식회사, lit. 'KG Mobility Stock Company'), abbreviated as KGM, is a South Korean automobile manufacturer. It traces its origins back to Dong-A Motor, a manuf…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The KGM Musso, previously marketed as the SsangYong Musso (Korean: 쌍용 무쏘) is a mid-size SUV or pickup truck produced since 1993 by the South Korean automaker KG Mobility, formerly SsangYong Motor. The…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The SsangYong Rodius (Korean: 쌍용 로디우스, sold in Australia, New Zealand, South America, Southeast Asia, and Africa as the Stavic) is an automobile released in late 2004 by the South Korean automaker Ssa…
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Claim 3: “South Korea said on Monday that the United States had cancelled a large joint amphibious landing exercise scheduled for next month due to constraints on force availability caused by the Iran war.”
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Web search results and Wikipedia entries for '2026 Iran war' confirm a state of conflict between the US and Iran, and news reports specifically state that joint amphibious landing exercises (Ssangyong) were cancelled due to force constraints caused by this conflict.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In 2025 and 2026, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Ali…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been at war with Iran and its regional allies. The war follows the Twelve-Day War in June 2025 and sporadic fighting during the Middle Eastern…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Relations between Iran and the United States began in the mid-19th century, when Iran was known to the Western world as Qajar Persia. While Persia was the object of British and Russian colonial intere…
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Claim 4: “their second 2019 summit in Hanoi collapsed without an agreement on North Korea's denuclearisation.”
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Multiple web sources confirm that the February 2019 summit in Hanoi ended without an agreement on denuclearization or the normalization of relations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Denuclearization Talks Between Trump and Kim Jong Un.The summit in Hanoi in February 2019 ended without an agreement due to disputes over sanctions and denuclearization details. Overall, diplomatic ef…
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web search NEUTRAL — The February 27-28 summit in Hanoi between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended without an agreement on denuclearization or progress on normalization of US-DPRK relation…
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald Trump meets Kim Jong Un in Hanoi (Evan Vucci/AP). With tests halted since the thaw in relations, Mr Trump hopes for more progress on denuclearisation from Mr Kim.
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Claim 5: “Pyongyang now had 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons.”
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The claim is corroborated by a cross-reference from TASS and a web search result from ISNA, both stating that President Trump cited the number 57 for North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, made 19 international trips to 25 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his first presidency, which began on January …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit was a one-day summit held at the Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korean chairman Kim Jong Un, U.S. president Donald Trump, and South Korean president M…
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Claim 6: “US President Donald Trump's order last week to scale down the separate annual Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises, cutting the joint drills from 11 days to five.”
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Multiple independent web sources (19FortyFive, The Independent, and another source discussing CNI) confirm that President Trump ordered the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises to be reduced from 11 days to five.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2017–2018 North Korea crisis was a period of heightened tension between North Korea and the United States. The crisis began early in 2017 when North Korea conducted a series of missile and nuclear…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an index of lists detailing military conflicts involving the United States, organized by time period. Although the United States has formally declared war only five times and these declaration…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ulchi-Freedom Guardian (을지 프리덤 가디언, Eulji peurideom gadieon) is the name (as of 2015) of the military exercise previously known as Ulchi-Focus Lens, a combined military exercise between South Korea an…
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Claim 7: “Seoul estimates that North Korea has around 80 to 120 such weapons.”
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Three independent web sources, including The Korea Times and ISNA, confirm that South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back estimated North Korea's nuclear arsenal to be between 80 and 120 weapons.
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web search NEUTRAL — North Korea typically estimated to have 80-120 nuclear weapons: South Korean Defence Minister. 1 hour ago. Save for later. Share. More. The Korea Times. Defense minister says N. Korea typically estima…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pressed on whether the government had already assessed that North Korea possesses nuclear weapons, Ahn said Seoul should approach the issue from "a strategic standpoint of being fully prepared rather …
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web search NEUTRAL — South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said estimates commonly put North Korea’s nuclear arsenal at between 80 and 120 weapons, significantly higher than the figure of 57 recently cited by US Pres…
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Claim 8: “The US Marine Corps formally notified our forces in June that its ability to deploy forces during this year's Ssangyong exercise would be constrained due to the situation in the Middle East”
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Two independent news sources (Perspecta News and a report citing spokesperson Han Seung-jeon) explicitly quote that the US Marine Corps notified South Korean forces in June regarding force constraints for the Ssangyong exercise due to the Middle East situation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) is normally the highest-ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps. It is a four-star general position and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The CM…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Republic of Korea Marine Corps (ROKMC; Korean: 대한민국 해병대; Hanja: 大韓民國 海兵隊; RR: Daehanminguk Haebyeongdae), also known as the ROK Marine Corps, ROK Marines or South Korean marines, is the naval infa…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines or simply the Marines, is the naval infantry service branch of the United States Armed Forces. The service is respo…
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