US plans evacuation drills in South Korea

According to Yonhap, military sources said on April 23 that US forces in South Korea plan to hold a drill to evacuate US citizens from South Korea in June.

The regular Courageous Channel exercise, which involves operations to safely evacuate 230,000 US citizens in the event of conflict, comes amid heightened tensions over North Korea's missile and nuclear tests and the US dispatching powerful military assets to South Korea.

South Korean soldiers participate in a drill in South Gyeongsan Province on April 21. (Source: EPA/VNA)

The most recent Courageous Channel exercise was held from October 31 to November 3, 2016, following North Korea's fifth nuclear test.

Earlier, on April 21, South Korea announced that it was on high alert ahead of the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army next week.

South Korean Unification Minister Lee Duk-haeng said North Korea celebrated the founding anniversary of its People's Army at the end of its major winter military exercises./.

According to Vietnamplus