US EditionHegseth praises South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending and boost defense capabilities
South Korea's 8.2% defense budget increase aims to modernize weapons and reduce U.S. reliance, enhancing conventional deterrence against North Korea, U.S. officials said.
- On Tuesday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Seoul's plan and said he was greatly encouraged after security talks in Seoul.
- Amid alliance modernisation talks, Washington has urged South Korea to boost conventional defence capabilities while Lee Jae-myung supports wartime operational control transfer to a binational command.
- Hegseth and Ahn Gyu-back agreed to demonstrate work maintaining US warships in South Korea, harnessing shipbuilding capabilities; Hegseth said, `We face, as we both acknowledge, a dangerous security environment but our alliance is stronger than ever.`
- South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff detected about 10 artillery rounds fired by North Korea on Monday shortly before Hegseth arrived at an inter-Korean border village, and no joint statement followed their meeting.
- In recent years, officials have discussed integrating US nuclear weapons with South Korea's conventional forces under a CNI framework; Ahn Gyu-back denied speculation Seoul seeks its own nuclear weapons, affirming commitment to the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
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Hegseth praises South Korea's plans to raise its military spending and boost defense capabilities
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats.
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U.S. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Tuesday lauded South Korea’s plans to boost its military spending and take on a larger role in defending itself from North Korea’s aggression. The U.S. has wanted South Korea to increase its conventional defense capabilities so that Washington can center its attention on China. Hegseth spoke to reporters after annual security talks with South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul, where he said he was …
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