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The Pentagon has announced that the annual military drills between the US and South Korea will start from April 1, the media reported on Tuesday. "US Secretary of Defence James N. Mattis and the South Korea Minister of National Defence Song Young-moo have agreed to resume the annual combined exercises including Foal Eagle and Key Resolve which were de-conflicted with the schedule of the Olympic Games" Pentagon spokesman Col. Rob Manning said in a statement issued late Monday.