New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The forces that fired warning shots at North Korean soldiers crossing the Military Demarcation Line on Thursday are now preparing for smaller joint exercises with American troops - not because of anything that happened in Korea, but because South Korea declined to join the United States in a war against Iran.

the annual exercise that deploys tens of thousands of US and South Korean troops in scenarios calibrated to deter a North Korean invasion - was scheduled to begin.

"Based on my very good relationship with Kim Jong Un, of North Korea, I am not happy with the fact that the United States has, long ago, agreed to participate in Joint Military Exercises with South Korea," Trump wrote, adding that the exercises are ...