S. Korea, U.S., Japan to stage joint naval exercise next week
SEOUL, June 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold a joint naval exercise next week involving mock search and rescue operations and maritime interdiction drills, Seoul's defense ministry said Thursday.
The exercise will be held off South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju next Thursday and Friday, and will mobilize destroyers, logistics support ships and antisubmarine helicopters, the ministry said.
