{"id":54093,"date":"2017-12-08T06:34:09","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=54093"},"modified":"2017-12-08T06:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T06:34:09","slug":"south-korea-demand-control-military-us-instil-fear-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/south-korea-demand-control-military-us-instil-fear-north-korea.html","title":{"rendered":"South Korea demand control of MILITARY from US to &#8216;instil fear&#8217; in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">South Korea demand control of MILITARY from US to &#8216;instil fear&#8217; in North Korea<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">SOUTH Korea has called for an early transfer of operational control of troops from the US in worrying war fears, it has been revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Back in September, president Moon Jae-in revealed his intention to call for the move.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">During the nation\u2019s Armed Forces Day ceremony, he said South Korea \u201cshould have wartime operational control to instil fear in North Korea and win the trust of the citizens\u201d and that \u201cretrieving wartime operational control will boost military development and place South Korea at the centre of East Asian security, based on independent defence capabilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Operational control refers to a right to control military operations &#8211; this is usually given to the head of the sovereign state, however, South Korea gave its operational control to the US\u2019 General Douglas MacArthur in 1950 after the outbreak of the Korean War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The South claimed back its peacetime operational control in 1994, although the wartime operational control is still held by the commander of the Combined Forces Command &#8211; this is a US general.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/889653\/World-War-3-North-Korea-South-Korea-Moon-Jae-in-Seoul-Donald-Trump-USA<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/south-korea-demand-control-military-us-instil-fear-north-korea.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea demand control of MILITARY from US to &#8216;instil fear&#8217; in North Korea SOUTH Korea has called for an early transfer of operational control of troops from the US in worrying war fears, it has been revealed. 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