Former US diplomat raises concerns over OPCON transfer weakening alliance

South Korea's move to retake wartime operational control from the United States will inevitably weaken the alliance, which is why South Korea needs to make a "political decision" to advance the transfer talks, the former interim US ambassador to South Korea said Tuesday. "There is no way Koreans can have OPCON back without weakening the alliance structure," Joseph Yun, former charge d'affaires ad interim of the US Embassy in Seoul, said at a panel discussion hosted by the Korea-US Parliamentaria

Source: The Korea Herald