US and South Korea Prepare For Largest Ever Joint Military Exercises

Troops from the US and South Korea are about to begin the largest ever joint military exercises the two nations have held.

A South Korean news agency says over 15,000 American and 300,000 South Korean military personnel will take part in the drills, which start on Monday and come at a time of high tension on the Korean peninsula.

Here's our US correspondent Lorna Shaddick.

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