Senior research fellow Grant Newsham on Pyongyang’s reaction to US-South Korea joint drills
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined CNA news to discuss Pyongyang’s reaction to the ongoing Washington-Seoul military drills over the peninsula in addition to President Trump’s foreign policy in the region. Watch the interview below:
Senior research fellow Grant Newsham on Pyongyang’s reaction to US-South Korea joint drills
North Korea has fired multiple ballistic missiles, just hours after condemning the ongoing US-South Korea Freedom Shield joint military exercise. The North sees joint drills between the two allies as a prelude to an invasion and has a track record of staging weapons tests in response.
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