The defense chiefs and high-level officials of South Korea and the United States are to sit down for talks in Hawaii on Friday afternoon, local time.
Seoul's defense ministry says South Korea's defense minister Song Young-moo and U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis... will discuss the peaceful hosting of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics... and the Seoul-Washington alliance.
Issues like the transfer of wartime operation control are also expected to be covered.
The ministry says Song and Mattis agreed during a phone conversation earlier this month to meet face-to-face as often as possible.
Regarding speculation they'll set the schedule for their postponed joint military drills,... authorities say the drills will be held normally after the Olympics are over.