Hegseth calls talk of shaky S. Korea-US alliance 'fake news:' Seoul's defense minister

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brushed off concerns over a perceived growing rift in the South Korea-US alliance as "fake news," Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said Friday after a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart earlier this week. Kang said the secretary made the comment when the minister brought up South Korean media reports citing alliance friction over key bilateral issues, including an apparent gap in advancing the wartime operational control transition from Washington to Seoul

Source: The Korea Herald