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The World - News from Jan. 12, 1986

Communist North Korea announced that it will refrain from holding large-scale military exercises after Feb. 1 and asked South Korea also to suspend maneuvers to reduce tension, according to a statement by the North Korean Foreign Affairs Ministry monitored in Tokyo. Japanese experts on North Korean affairs said the proposal is apparently aimed at halting the 11th annual U.S.-South Korean military exercise “Team Spirit,” expected to begin Feb. 1 and end in mid-April.

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