South Korea shortens war games with US, citing Washington request

The update

It comes after Trump announced plans to curtail joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un

The impact

The significance lies in what happens next: BBC notes that responses are already forming.

The south backdrop

The landscape around south, korea, shortens, war, games has been shifting for some time, and BBC places this development within that longer trajectory.

Where this fits in Signal Ledger

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Our south read

Signal Ledger reads this through the lens of south, korea, shortens, war, games: It comes after Trump announced plans to curtail joint military exercises with South Korea, citing a "very good" relationship with North Korea's Kim Jong Un.