According to the south Korean YTN (Yonhap TV News), Aegis destroyers belonging to the U.S. Pacific Fleet and a destroyer and anti-submarine helicopter of the south Korean Navy, etc. are busy with combined naval maneuver from May 19.

The south Korean army is firing rifles and artillery pieces at random in the southwestern waters of the West Sea under the pretext of coping with someone's "provocation".

This saber-rattling will reportedly last till May 24.

According to the south Korean Yonhap News, the force of the 1st Corps of the south Korean army is mulling staging combat hardware mobile and obstacle laying drills in Koyang, Phaju and other areas in Kyonggi Province from May 23 to 27, timed to coincide with the above-said saber-rattling.

The south Korean military forces declared that they would stage a joint military drill with the U.S. and Japan in Hawaii next month.