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South Korea hold 1st tabletop exercise to counter wartime foreign disinformation
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and US Forces Korea conducted exercise in Yongsan, reports media
Anadolu staff
12 July 2026•Update: 12 July 2026
ISTANBUL
The US and South Korea have held their first joint tabletop exercise aimed at countering foreign disinformation campaigns during wartime, according to Seoul-based Yonhap News
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the US Forces Korea conducted the exercise at the JCS headquarters in Yongsan on Friday
The UN Command and the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command took part in the exercise
The exercise also brought together South Korean government agencies, including the defense, foreign, and culture ministries, in a whole-of-government response effort
The drill focused on “the synchronization of operations within the information environment
The exercise, in particular, centered on three lines of joint response: countering foreign disinformation, synchronizing allied responses across multiple domains and aligning strategic communications
