South Korea, US and Japan hold first-ever trilateral aerial exercise

The exercise involved a US Air Force B-52 bomber (South Korea Defence Ministry/Yonhap)

The South Korean, US and Japanese militaries have conducted their first-ever trilateral aerial exercise in response to evolving North Korean nuclear threats, South Korea’s air force said.

The training held near the Korean Peninsula was to implement the three countries’ earlier agreement to increase defence cooperation and boost their joint response capabilities against North Korean threats, the air force said.