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ROK refers to the Republic of Korea, South Korea’s official name.
South Korean and US troops had built a 180m floating bridge in order to allow armoured vehicles to cross a river, according to the ministry.
“Regardless of politics, when asked the soldiers in these formations both US and ROK are standing side by side ready to support the US-ROK alliance,” Lieutenant Colonel Brent Kinney of the US Army said when asked about the current political situation in South Korea.
South Korea has been suffering its worst political crisis in decades after President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly imposed martial law in December. The Constitutional Court is due to rule on whether to uphold his impeachment by parliament in coming days.
Pyongyang has long demanded a halt to US-South Korea joint exercises, branding them a prelude to an invasion.
North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles earlier this month, hours after condemning the South Korean and US militaries for launching the drills that the North called a “dangerous provocative act”.
