Trump to visit no-man's-land of Korean border: Reports
11 Oct 2017 9:58 PM IST
Tokyo: Donald Trump could soon find himself confronting North Korean soldiers on the world's most heavily armed border, amid reports that the president is considering a visit to the demilitarised zone (DMZ) during his forthcoming trip to South Korea.
South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the DMZ, which has separated the two Koreas since the end of their 1950-53 war, was among the candidate sites for Trump's tour of Asia. He will also visit Japan, China, Vietnam and the Philippines.
The report coincided with another US show of aerial strength in the region.
Two supersonic B-1B bombers flew over the Korean peninsula on Wednesday night, according to the US military. Two South Korean F-15K fighters, along with Japanese fighters, joined the drill after the bombers took off from Andersen airbase in Guam, the statement said. It was the first time Japan and South Koreahad both joined US bombers on a nighttime combined exercise, it added. The bombers carried out air-to-ground missile drills in waters off the east coast of South Korea, then repeated the drill over waters separating the South and China, the South Korean joint chiefs of staff said.
South Korea's military described the exercise as a regular drill to bolster the country's defences and demonstrate the strength of Seoul's security alliance with Washington in the face of North Korean ballistic missile and nuclear tests.
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