SEOUL: The United States and South Korea on Tuesday wrapped up military drills at the center of soaring tensions with North Korea, as Pyongyang ignored a new overture over a flagship joint industrial zone.

The two-month-long “Foal Eagle” air, ground and naval field training exercise—which involved more than 10,000 US troops along with a far higher number of South Korean personnel—had infuriated Pyongyang.

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