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US cuts joint drills with South Korea, impacting Seoul's command plans

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The United States has significantly reduced the Ulchi Freedom Shield joint military exercise with South Korea, cutting it short by several weeks. This decision, reportedly influenced by President Donald Trump's directive to decrease "costly" drills and signal a less hostile stance towards North Korea, has raised concerns among defense analysts. The reduction may impede South Korea's long-standing goal of reclaiming wartime operational control of its military, which was delegated to the US decades ago. AI

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US cuts joint drills with South Korea, impacting Seoul's command plans

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Park Chan-kyong ·

    US drill cuts threaten South Korea’s wartime command plans

    South Korea’s push to regain wartime control of its military has been thrown into doubt after the United States abruptly cut short a major joint exercise, scrapping plans for a simulated counteroffensive into North Korean territory and encirclement of Pyongyang. Defence analysts …

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