Japan, US, South Korea wrap up joint exercise on the sea

Defense personnel from Japan, the United States and South Korea have wrapped up their newly launched joint exercise. The three-day Freedom Edge exercise that ended on Saturday was conducted in the East China Sea and elsewhere.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said seven types of drills were held, including a missile defense operation at sea and response to cyberattack, adding that the countries completed the drill in bad weather, showing their strong will to develop trilateral security cooperation.