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RSOI Downsizing. The United States has cancelled a key part of this year’s exercise, one of two major exercises staged yearly in Korea (Ulchi Focus Lens being the other). There will be no joint ROK-U.S. Marine practice landing this year. There are several possible ways to see this, but all would be purely speculative on my part. I’m not persuaded that the official story is a full explanation, however.

Still, given the likelihood of a Marine landing in Korea, I see little harm. Next year, the cavalry charge and jousting tournament should go, too. Whatever ground fighting is done in Korea in the foreseeable future should be done by Koreans.