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October 7, 2022 ยท 7:17 AM UTC ยท undefined agoSouth Korea and the United States began joint maritime exercises with a U.S. aircraft carrier on Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after it scrambled fighter jets in reaction to an apparent North Korean bombing drill.