US, South Korea set date to transfer wartime military control
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The United States and South Korea agreed Friday to give Seoul operational control over South Korean forces in wartime in 2012, officials said.
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The US president is expected to announce plans for a major reorganisation of forces stationed abroad.
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The U.S.-led United Nations Command plans  to relocate its armistice team this month from Seoul to the  heavily fortified Demilitarised Zone border with North Korea,  Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.
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WASHINGTON/SEOUL  - The United States agreed under  pressure from South Korea Wednesday to stretch out over an  additional three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 U.S.  troops from that country.
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The United States pressed its NATO allies to begin military planning for possibly taking over command of operations in Afghanistan from US forces as early as next year.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.
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US and Pyongyang foresee an end to the weapons standoff as secrecy gives way to the beginnings of openness.
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South Korea will not be able to complete the relocation of US bases in the country by 2008 as scheduled due to protests by residents and construction delays, officials said.
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The United States and South Korea plan to announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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The US agrees to stagger a troop withdrawal from South Korea, due to fears about the North.
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The United States has warned of heightened risk of terror attacks and violent action on American government facilities and personnel in South Korea following Seoul's dispatch of troops to Iraq.
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SEOUL : The United States has agreed to a phased pullout of troops from South Korea over five years rather than the abrupt cutback of one third of its forces by the end of next year, a news report said.
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South Koreans will elect a new president on Wednesday who is expected to reposition Seoul closer to Washington, ending a decade in which left-leaning leaders sparred with their U.S. ally over North Korea policy.
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SEOUL, South Korea - The United States will withdraw 12,500 troops from South Korea by 2008, delaying its original plan to redeploy the troops by the end of next year, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday.    In a statement, the ministry said the U.S...
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Violent protests staged against the U.S. military presence in South Korea are likely to delay a major realignment of U.S. bases in the country, including the closure of a base in Seoul, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld assured South Korea the United States will keep a &quot;healthy deterrent&quot; in the Korean peninsula even as it shifts defense responsibility to South Korea.
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As part of the deal announced today the United States will begin the process of removing North Korea from its designation as a terror-sponsoring state.