<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">''<h3 class="m_8994447710366350149gmail-r" style="font-size: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><br />''</h3></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The United States and South Korea have agreed to resume joint military drills early next month. The announcement came even as US President Donald Trump has planned a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.&nbsp;</span>''<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 Pentagon said, the combined exercises are defence-oriented and there is no reason for Pyongyang to view them as a provocation. It said the North Korean military had been notified about the schedule for the drills by the United Nations Command. The drills are expected to conclude by the end of May.</div>