S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused

STORY: S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. S.korea-U.S. Combined Command Post Training (source: Yonhap TV/File) 2. S.Korea-U.S. joint military exercises (File) STORYLINE: The combined forces of South Korea and the United States on Tuesday launched annual military drills as planned, three days after liberal activists held a massive rally to protest against it. The South Korea-led crisis management drills, designed to practice procedures to respond to possible pre-war crisis scenarios, kicked off earlier in the day. The four-day preliminary drills will be conducted ahead of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, a newly-named summertime military exercise between the two allies involving field maneuvers. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Tuesday that the UFS exercise, which is defensive in nature as it has been annually staged, would last from Aug. 22 t