The US and South Korea are expected to ignore threats from North Korea and being joint military exercises.
The US and South Korea are set to begin an 11-day joint military exercise, despite threats from North Korea.
The Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise will bring together as many as 50,000 South Korean soldiers and approximately 17,500 US service members for a computer simulation of war on the Korean Peninsula.
The exercise is "to make certain that we're ready to defend South Korea and our allies," US Defence Secretary James Mattis told reporters on Sunday.
A political commentator Jung Sik Seo analyses the implications of the drill.
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