Seoul’s Cold Feet On Taking Command? New South Korean Ambassador Responds

Seoul’s Cold Feet On Taking Command? New South Korean Ambassador Responds
Seoul’s Cold Feet On Taking Command? New South Korean Ambassador Responds

WASHINGTON: For six decades, Americans have been in charge of the joint US-Korean headquarters that would control both countries’ forces in the event of war. The South Koreans were supposed to take over the Combined Forces Command in 2015, but now Seoul is getting cold feet about ending the Cold War arrangement — and Korea’s new…

Korean Right Campaigns to Keep Joint HQ With US

As the US commander in Korea requests reinforcements against the Northern threat and the Chinese stage one of their regular river-crossing exercises along the Yalu, conservatives in South Korea are campaigning to keep the joint US-Korean military headquarters that is currently slated to be dissolved in 2015. One of Korea’s most prominent newspapers, the right-leaning…