Any transfer of wartime operational control requires agreement with the United States. That makes mutual trust within the South Korea-U.S. alliance essential.

President Lee Jae Myung’s renewed push for the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul is provoking discussion ove...

Since last year, the commander of US Forces Korea has commented at various public events that meeting the requirements of the OPCON transfer is more important than its timing