S.Korean activists cry out for total stop of S.Korea-U.S. war rehearsal

STORY: S.Korean activists cry out for total stop of S.Korea-U.S. war rehearsal DATELINE: Aug. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. S.Korea-U.S. joint military exercises (source: Yonhap TV/File) 2. various of the protest 3. SOUNDBITE (Korean): OH MI-JEONG, Researcher of Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea STORYLINE: South Korea's peace activists on Monday cried out for a total stop of the annual South Korea-U.S. military exercise involving large-scale field maneuvers, saying the war rehearsal escalates tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Activists with the Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK) held a protest rally in front of the presidential office in central Seoul, where the defense ministry is also headquartered. The SPARK, a South Korean civic group, demanded a total and immediate stop of the South Korea-U.S. war rehearsal that it said is aggressive in nature. It noted that the more aggressive the South Korea-U.S. military exer