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Ministers tread carefully as Trump scales back US drills in South Korea

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 18 August 2026 at 7:06 pm

Australia and Japan's defence ministers sit down in Canberra to discuss the rapidly expanding defence ties between the two countries.

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