U.S. hasn't sent bombers over Korean Peninsula in over year to aid N. Korea diplomacy: Seoul

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South Korea's defense ministry has revealed the last U.S. bomber missions flown over the Korean Peninsula were conducted in November last year,... shortly after North Korea test-fired an ICBM.
The ministry's spokesperson said on Tuesday that the decision was made jointly by the allies,... to support recent diplomatic efforts regarding North Korea.
In April, during the Max Thunder military drill,... the deployment of America's strategic bomber was also canceled,... in consideration of those efforts..
Earlier this week,... Commander of U.S. Air Forces Pacific, General Charles Brown said the suspension of bomber missions... was to create space for the ongoing diplomacy.