China Daily (Hong Kong)

Washington would like to have DPRK dialogue

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ington was mulling dispatchin­g two aircraft carriers to the Korean Peninsula in an apparent show of force following Pyongyang’s launch of what it called an ICBM.

An unidentifi­ed government source of the Republic of Korea was quoted as saying the military authoritie­s of the ROK and the US had considered the mobilizati­on of the US aircraft carrier to the peninsula for the joint annual war games, code-named Ulchi Freedom Guardian.

The mobilizati­on date would be moved up, before the computer-assisted simulation exercise that was scheduled to kick off on Aug 21, according to the source.

The two US aircraft carriers to be mobilized would reportedly be USS Carl Vin

and USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike groups, which were sent to the waters near the Korean Peninsula in May.

The DPRK has denounced the US-ROK war game as a dress rehearsal for northward invasion.

 ?? KYODO NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGES ?? Taiko drummers march through a street in Morioka, Japan, on Tuesday, on the opening day of the four-day Morioka Sansa Odori Festival. This year marks the 40th anniversar­y of the festival.
KYODO NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGES Taiko drummers march through a street in Morioka, Japan, on Tuesday, on the opening day of the four-day Morioka Sansa Odori Festival. This year marks the 40th anniversar­y of the festival.

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