North Korea suspends high level talks with South Korea over military drills with US

North Korea suspends the planned talks with South Korea over US-South Korea military drills, which North Korea calls provocation. The state-run North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) called the Max Thunder drills between South Korea and the US Air Force a rehearsal for an invasion of North Korea. This suspension comes only one month before the planned talk between the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the United States president Donald Trump, which will allow both leader to talk about their nuclear weapons programs. North Korea has not canceled these talks yet with the United States though. The two-week Max Thunder drill involve about 1,000 military personnel along with 500 South Korea personnel. Both sides have agreed to stop these drills in order to encourage North Korean participation in the 2018 Olympics games.

By: Samantha Kouba

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-south-korea-suspends-high-level-talks-planned-us-military-drills-kim-jong-un-moon-jae-in-a8353261.html