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| ▲ This Sept. 25, 2025, file photo shows troops taking part in high-tech military training at the Korea Combat Training Center in Inje, some 125 kilometers northeast of Seoul. (Yonhap) |
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Army troops of S. Korea, Canada launch 1st high-tech military training this week
By Lee Minji
SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) -- Army troops of South Korea and Canada launched joint high-tech military drills in South Korea for the first time earlier this week, officials said Friday, as part of efforts to bolster bilateral military ties between the two nations.
The 11-day exercise, which runs through April 30, is under way at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC), a facility employing advanced technologies for realistic ground drills, in the mountainous county of Inje, some 125 kilometers northeast of Seoul, according to Army officials.
A group of 44 soldiers from the Canadian Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, an Army regiment that served in the 1950-53 Korean War, has been deployed to train alongside South Korean troops from the 7th Infantry Division.
The joint training comes as the Canadian troops visited South Korea to commemorate the 75th anniversary of a key battle that took place in the northern county of Gapyeong in April 1951 at the height of the three-year war.
Some 2,000 troops of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade, including Canadian troops, engaged in three days of fierce combat against Chinese forces at the height of the Korean War.
An official ceremony marking the anniversary is set to take place later Friday, with attendants including the Army chiefs of four Commonwealth countries -- Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand -- and South Korea, the deputy commanders of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command, and the U.N. Command.
South Korea and Canada have been seeking to bolster defense and arms industry ties as President Lee Jae Myung and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney agreed to deepen their strategic partnership in defense, security and military intelligence sharing during summit talks last year.
Earlier this month, a South Korean naval submarine departed for Canada for joint drills scheduled for June as a South Korean consortium is vying with Germany's Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems to win a landmark contract to supply 12 naval submarines to Canada.
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