South Korea Asks U.S. To Delay The Planned 2015 Transfer Of Wartime Control

U.S. President Barack Obama visits U.S. military personnel stationed at Observation Post Ouellette along the Demilitarized Zone which borders North and South Korea, outside Seoul. REUTERS/Larry Downing

Seoul Asks U.S. To Delay Transfer Of Military Command -- Wall Street Journal

In Light of North Korea Threat, South Asks U.S. to Retain Command of All Forces Past 2015

SEOUL—South Korea has asked the U.S. to consider delaying the planned 2015 transfer of wartime control of South Korean forces to Seoul's command because of North Korea's nuclear threat, the country's defense ministry said Wednesday.

Under existing plans, South Korea is slated to gain by December 2015 full command of its own armed forces in the event of war. The U.S. has assumed this responsibility since the end of hostilities in the Korean War in 1953.

If a postponement is agreed upon, it would be the second delay in the transition's schedule. The two sides decided in October 2010 to push back the original April 2012 deadline after the sinking of a South Korean navy ship. North Korea denied responsibility for that attack.

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