On Monday, a major U.S.-South Korean military exercise will get underway in South Korea.

One of two annual exercises, Monday’s events will involve tens of thousands of U.S. personnel and hundreds of thousands of South Koreans. Its purpose is simple but solemn: preparing to defeat any North Korean invasion of South Korea.

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