Event Brief
Japan and South Korea to resume joint SAR drill
Filed: May 30, 2026 at 6:03 PM ET
Summary: Japan and South Korea will hold a joint search-and-rescue exercise on June 7 after about nine years.
WHO: Japan and South Korea
WHAT: Resume a joint search-and-rescue exercise involving the South Korean Navy and Japan’s Maritime Self-Defence Force
WHEN: May 30, 2026 at 9:16 AM ET
WHERE: Singapore
WHY: The exercise was scheduled for June 7 as part of improving defence ties after a prior 2018 incident.
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