Seo Hoon: "Aiming to Reclaim Wartime Operational Control as Soon as Possible"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Seo Hoon, Director of the National Security Office, stated, "We are proceeding with the goal of reclaiming wartime operational control as soon as possible."

On the 24th, during the full meeting of the National Assembly's Steering Committee, Seo responded to a question from Kim Young-jin of the Democratic Party of Korea, saying, "Various consultations are underway between the South Korean and U.S. authorities."

Regarding this year's South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, Seo said, "It is difficult to conduct exercises on the usual scale under extraordinary circumstances such as COVID-19," adding, "There will be no actual field exercises, and we are considering conducting command post exercises instead. The scale of participation will inevitably be reduced."

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