ROK, U.S. begin annual joint drills

South Korea and the United States on Monday morning kicked off their annual joint military drills amid continuing tensions on the peninsula. The 11-day joint maneuver, codenamed Key Resolve/Foal Eagle, draws some 200,000 South Korean and 12,800 U.S. troops. • ROK calls on DPRK to stop making threats • DPRK: ROK-U.S. military exercises aggravate tensions