Bahk Eun-ji has been with The Korea Times since 2012, building a career across multiple desks. She began at the Business Desk, where she conducted in-depth interviews with key figures in Korea's corporate world. Later, she moved to the Politics & City Desk, focusing on education policy and social affairs. She later served as team leader of the digital content team, leading curation efforts on the newspaper’s homepage and reshaping print stories for social media audiences to enhance digital reach. Now back on the Politics Desk, she covers the National Assembly and the Ministry of National Defense, with a renewed focus on political developments.
BREAKING S. Korea, US shorten UFS exercise, scale back field drills
An ATHENA-R reconnaissance aircraft taxis for takeoff at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Tuesday, as the South Korea-U.S. Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise is under way. The U.S. Department of Defense said Monday that it was working to implement President Donald Trump’s directive to scale back the allies’ joint military exercises. Yonhap
By Bahk Eun-ji
South Korea and the United States have agreed to end their ongoing Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise early on Friday and scale back some combined field training exercises, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday.
The allies agreed to adjust the duration and scale of the exercise at the U.S. side’s proposal, shortening UFS, which began Monday, to run through Friday. They will also scale back some combined field training exercises, with details still under discussion, according to UFS.