(VOVworld) - South Korea and the United States held joint live-fire exercises in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday in a show of their close alliance against North Korea.

The USS Wayne E. Meyer, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer anchored Busan port to join the naval drill in the western coast of South Korea on April 25 (Photo: Yonhap/ VNA)

The drills involved the Navy's 4,400-ton destroyer Wanggeon and the USS Wayne E. Meyer, a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. South Korea and the US also plan to hold another major joint naval practice "around the end of April" in the Sea of Japan involving the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier. South Korea’s Navy said that a series of joint drills are aimed at demonstrating the allies' resolve to retaliate in case of the North's provocations and their "firm defense posture".