U.S., S.Korea hold military drills ahead of nuclear talks

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SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States and South Korea on Monday began annual war games that North Korea calls a show of force aimed at making Pyongyang cave in to U.S. demands that it dismantle its nuclear weapons programs.

The military exercises called Ulchi Focus Lens are computer-simulated drills designed to test U.S. and South Korean readiness and coordination of command posts.

North Korea regularly calls any joint exercises between the two allies preparations for war on the peninsula.

With six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons programs scheduled to resume the week of August 29, the North's media was even more critical than usual.

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