UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters are parked at U.S. Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, on Aug. 19, 2026. South Korea and the United States are scaling down their annual combined exercise that kicked off earlier this week at Washington's request, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The allies agreed to cut short the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which was scheduled to run from Aug. 17-27, to Aug. 21, paring down the drills period almost by half. (Yonhap)

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