SEOUL: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone along the border with North Korea as part of a trip to South Korea on Monday, South Korea’s defense ministry said. His visit to the heavily fortified DMZ came ahead of talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping the role of US troops in Korea. Hegseth landed in the border area in a US army helicopter and met South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back, according to video footage released by the South Korean defense ministry.

SEOUL: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone along the border with North Korea as part of a trip to South Korea on Monday, South Korea’s defense…

SEOUL: North Korea fired multiple artillery rockets an hour before US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the border separating it from the South, Seoul’s military said on…

Defense Secretary Hegseth says North Korea to remain main focus but US soldiers could be directed elsewhere in region.