Here's why South Korea wants more control over future regional wars

South Korea's military remains under U.S. command authority during wartime on the Korean Peninsula under an agreement established during the Korean War. The South Korean government has stated it wants to assume full operational control of its military forces in such a conflict. The transfer would require renegotiation of the current command structure between the U.S. and South Korea, which has been in place for over seven decades.

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