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SEOUL, Aug 20 — The US envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea this weekend, South Korea’s foreign ministry said today, amid a standoff over South Korea-US military exercises that the North has warned could trigger a security crisis. US special representative for North Korea Sung Kim...

SEOUL, Aug 20 — The US envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea this weekend, South Korea’s foreign ministry said today, amid a standoff over South Korea-US military exercises that the North has warned could trigger a security crisis.

The allies began annual military exercises this week, mostly involving computer simulations with minimum personnel and no live field training in light of the coronavirus pandemic.It warned South Korea that the drills would risk a tentative thaw in relations between the two Koreas, which reopened hotlines last month, a year after North Korea suspended them.

Kim Yong Chol, another senior North Korean official, said South Korea and the United States faced a “serious security crisis” because of their “dangerous choice”.

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