S. Korea, US defense chiefs step up coordination on OPCON, alliance modernization

“The defense chiefs of the United States and South Korea agreed Monday to step up cooperation on key alliance issues, including the transfer of wartime operational control and alliance modernization. The agreement came during talks between South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Pentagon near Washington. The meeting marked the first defense ministerial talks between the allies in about six months, since the 57th Security Consultative Meeting was hel

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