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By Arshad Mohammed and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday military exercises with South Korea this month will be the same as drills that have been held over the years and North Korea should not link them with reunions of separated Korean families. North Korea, which says the exercises are a rehearsal for war, demanded in rare talks with South Korean officials on Wednesday that the drills be postponed so that they do not overlap with the planned reunion of families separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. Earlier on Thursday, South Korea said it had rejected North Korea's demand to postpone the exercises, which had raised the possibility that the family reunions might get scrapped. North and South Korean officials will meet again on Friday for the second round of talks at the Panmunjom truce village, the South's Unification Ministry said, adding that the meeting was again proposed by the North.
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