S. Korea To Stage New Civilian-military Exercise Next Week

South Korea plans to launch a new civilian-military exercise next week to better brace for various contingencies, the defense and interior ministries said Friday, the latest in a series of reorganizations of defense drills to support peace efforts with North Korea

SEOUL, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2019 ) :South Korea plans to launch a new civilian-military exercise next week to better brace for various contingencies, the defense and interior ministries said Friday, the latest in a series of reorganizations of defense drills to support peace efforts with North Korea.

The inaugural Ulchi Taegeuk exercise will take place from May 27-30, involving around 480,000 civilians, government officials and armed service members from about 4,000 government and related agencies, the ministries said.

It is meant to "strengthen the country's crisis management capabilities in dealingwith various safety and security threats, including terrorist attacks and large-scale natural disasters, as well as to ensure a readiness posture," the ministries noted.