S. Korea reaffirms agreed conditions for OPCON transfer, USFK chief suggests otherwise

The transfer of wartime operational control from the US to South Korea is in the spotlight once again after a top USFK commander hinted that transfer conditions had changed amid reports of Seoul's defenses being overrun by North Korea in a simulated exercise. Speaking at a press briefing in Seoul, Defense Ministry spokesperson Chung Binna stressed that the "ministry's principle, that wartime operational control will be transferred when the conditions mutually agreed upon by South Korea and the U

Source: The Korea Herald