U.S., South Korea and Japan conduct naval drills in show of strength against North Korea

Open this photo in gallery: U.S. navy F-18 Super Hornet and crews are seen on the flight deck on the USS Nimitz, off the coast of Busan, South Korea, on March 27, 2023.POOL/Reuters The United States, South Korea and Japan conducted perhaps their biggest-ever combined naval exercises in a show of strength against nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea's military said Wednesday. The three allies' senior diplomats were to meet in Seoul to discuss the worsening standoff with Pyongyang. The training in waters off South Korea's Jeju island, which involved an American aircraft carrier, was aimed at sharpening the countries' combined…