The United States will maintain wartime operational control (OPCON) on the Korean Peninsula beyond the previously scheduled handover date of 2015, according to a joint communiqué released by the countries on Friday.
The announcement was made following the 46th U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo.
The United States will maintain wartime operational control (OPCON) on the Korean Peninsula beyond the previously scheduled handover date of 2015, according to a joint communiqué released by the countries on Friday.
The announcement was made following the 46th U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his South Korean counterpart Han Min-koo.
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