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Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills with South Korea

15 outlets 26 reports 121 hours World
aljazeera.com6 theguardian.com3 apa.az2 nbcnews.com2 euronews.com2 cbsnews.com2 abcnews.com bbc.co.uk report.az nytimes.com ft.com politico.com foxnews.com france24.com japantimes.co.jp
14 August 2026
07:40 aljazeera.com first
North Korea fumes over upcoming US-South Korea military drills
08:41 abcnews.com +1h
North Korea slams US-South Korea military drills and threatens strong response
16 August 2026
23:27 bbc.co.uk +62h
Trump says US will scale back military drills with South Korea
23:28 apa.az +1m
Trump ordered to reduce the scale of US-South Korean military exercises
17 August 2026
00:11 report.az +43m
Trump ordered the Pentagon to reduce the scale of military exercises with South Korea
00:32 nytimes.com +22m
Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea
01:01 ft.com +29m
Trump says US will scale back military drills with South Korea
01:16 nbcnews.com +15m
Trump orders military to ‘substantially reduce’ joint exercises with South Korea
01:42 politico.com +26m
Trump directs Hegseth to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea
02:11 aljazeera.com +29m
Trump says US to ‘substantially reduce’ military drills with South Korea
05:57 euronews.com +3h
Trump orders Pentagon to 'scale back' military drills with South Korea citing good relations with Kim Jong Un
11:51 theguardian.com +5h
Trump cuts military drills with South Korea citing ‘very good relationship’ with Kim Jong-un – US politics live
12:36 cbsnews.com +45m
Trump orders Pentagon to "substantially reduce" military exercises with South Korea
13:04 theguardian.com +29m
Trump cuts US-South Korea military drills citing ‘good relationship with Kim Jong-un’ | First Thing
13:29 aljazeera.com +24m
Trump orders US to scale back South Korea military drills
18:14 aljazeera.com +4h
Democrats rebuke Trump over scaling back military drills with South Korea
18 August 2026
07:50 theguardian.com +13h
South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills
15:29 euronews.com +7h
South Korea and Japan stress stress 'critical' US alliance as Trump slashes military drills
17:13 foxnews.com +1h
South Korean president jumps to invest in military after Trump cuts joint exercises
19 August 2026
03:54 nbcnews.com +10h
U.S.-South Korea joint military drills are being cut short after Trump order, Seoul says
04:26 cbsnews.com +31m
U.S., South Korea cut short their joint military drills at Trump's direction
04:27 france24.com +1m
Trump scales back joint military drills between South Korea and US
04:41 apa.az +14m
South Korea and the United States will end joint military exercises ahead of schedule
04:51 japantimes.co.jp +9m
U.S. and South Korea to nearly halve joint military drills after Trump criticism
06:59 aljazeera.com +2h
South Korea, US scale back annual military drills after Trump’s order
08:16 aljazeera.com +1h
Scaling back US-South Korea drills may fail to woo Kim away from China
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