South Korea

The Defense Department suspended one of its largest annual aviation exercises with South Korea.

The deployments are part of a scheduled rotation of forces, according to a July 26 Army press release.

President Trump ordered the cancellation to avoid provoking North Korea after his summit with Kim Jong Un.

The new headquarters, 40 miles south of Seoul, is slated for a $10.8 billion expansion over the next decade.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis announced Friday that he was suspending all major military exercises with the South Koreans.

The Pentagon has canceled the upcoming Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise with South Korea.

The freeze on exercises was not included in the joint declaration by Trump and Kim Jong Un after the summit.

The Missile Defense Agency is looking at THAAD placement sites on the West Coast to guard against the North Korean threat.