South Korea and the United States will conduct tabletop exercises in February 2023 in a bid to tackle the North’s nuclear threats, South Korea’s defense minister said on Wednesday.
Since 2017, U.S. and South Korean officials have cautioned that the North could be preparing for its first test of a nuclear device. Nuclear-armed North Korea fired a record number of missiles last year, including intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) that can target the U.S. mainland.