SEOUL: Seoul and Washington wrapped up their annual war games on Thursday, the South’s defense ministry said, with tensions high after Pyongyang’s latest missile launch over Japan.

Tens of thousands of South Korean and US troops took part in the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) joint military drills, a largely computer-simulated exercise that ran for two weeks in the South.

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