South Korean officials are reacting carefully to the expected suspension of large U.S.-South Korea military exercises. An announcement could come this week to suspend the major joint military exercises, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. Those exercises usually involve troops, warplanes, ships and other military weapons from U.S. bases around the world. Yonhap said, however, that some joint training would continue. On Monday, the South Korean defense minister said the issue is still being discussed. A Defense Ministry spokesperson said, “We are still discussing about it. Nothing has yet been decided, and it is still in discussion.”
Title: South Korea Discusses Suspending Joint Military Exercises
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2636/suspend_war_games.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='South Korea Discusses Suspending Joint Military Exercises' data-article-id='3164'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12875'>South Korean officials are reacting carefully to the expected suspension of large U.S.-South Korea military exercises.</span> <span data-start-time='12875' data-end-time='25958'>An announcement could come this week to suspend the major joint military exercises, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports.</span> <span data-start-time='25958' data-end-time='39250'>Those exercises usually involve troops, warplanes, ships and other military weapons from U.S. bases around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='39250' data-end-time='46583'>Yonhap said, however, that some joint training would continue.</span> <span data-start-time='46583' data-end-time='56146'>On Monday, the South Korean defense minister said the issue is still being discussed.</span> <span data-start-time='56146' data-end-time='63000'>A Defense Ministry spokesperson said, “We are still discussing about it.</span> <span data-start-time='63000' data-end-time='69063'>Nothing has yet been decided, and it is still in discussion.”</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' 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