<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">US Defence Minister, James Mattis and South Korean Defence Minister Song Young-moo held an in-depth telephonic talk to discuss the cancellation of their countries' joint military maneuvers in an effort to facilitate the Korean Peninsula's denuclearization. </span></div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br />''</div>''<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The talk revolved around the Ulchi Freedom Guardian annual large-scale joint military exercise. Pentagon spokesperson Dana White said Mattis and Song discussed how the two nations are working together to fulfil the US President's guidance on US-South Korean combined military exercises.</div>''<div class="yj6qo" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"></div>