The United States continues to bolster its military presence on the Korean Peninsula, regrouping additional F-16 fighter aircraft at an air base near the North Korean border.

Newsweek has contacted the North Korean Embassy in Beijing for comment via email.

Why It Matters

The U.S. has deployed about 28,500 troops in South Korea under a mutual defense treaty signed after the Korean War in 1953, along with assets such as F-16 jets and unmanned drones , to deter and defend against aggression from North Korea.

While the F-16 jet is not as advanced as the F-35 stealth aircraft operated by the U.S. military and its allies in the western Pacific, U.S. forces in South Korea received F-16 jets from Japan earlier this year, which have enhanced capabilities following upgrades.

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