SEOUL - South Korea and the US yesterday cancelled joint war games in a goodwill gesture to nudge North Korea towards peace talks after a landmark gathering in New York.
The announcement that this year's Team Spirit military exercises would be called off came hours after representatives of the rival Koreas and the United States met for a briefing designed to lead to formal peace talks for the divided Korean peninsula.
Pyongyang has bitterly denounced past Team Spirit manoeuvres as preparation for an invasion.