South Korea gets wake-up call as US diverts military assets to Middle East

American General in South Korea Skips Opening of Military Exercises

Has the Middle East crisis ‘cast a shadow’ over a major annual military drill, the Korea Times asks.

Trump's failure in Iran is forcing US to get arms from South Korea

As the illegal US-Israeli war against Iran drags on, it seems clearer and clearer that Donald Trump either miscalculated or fell for the lies warhawk allies sold him. And it’s spreading the stocks of US forces and their allies thin. As a result, they’ve had to get backup from South Korea. Trump has depleted military resources Amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and rampage through the Middle East in 2025, the US army had already: redeployed t…

Deterrence posture against N. Korea won't be hindered regardless of potential shift of USFK's assets

The deterrence posture against North Korea will not be hindered regardless of a potential shift of military assets owned by the U.S. military stationed in South Korea, a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, amid media reports that the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has shipped out some of its air defense assets from the Korean Peninsula. "Given our level of military capability, defense spending, defense industry capacity and the high moral…

South Korea gets wake-up call as US diverts military assets to Middle East

President Lee Jae Myung urges South Korea to boost its own defence amid reports of US military assets being redeployed to the Middle East.

S Korea assures North Korea deterrence stable amid West Asia crisis

South Korea on Wednesday said its deterrence posture against North Korea would remain unaffected even if some military assets of the United States Forces Korea (USFK) are relocated from the Korean Peninsula amid the conflict in West Asia, Yonhap News Agency reported.