South Korea welcomes passing of military control to Seoul
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South Korea on Saturday welcomed an agreement struck with Washington to give Seoul wartime operational control over its forces, hailing it as a boost in their 50-year alliance.
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South Korea welcomed on Sunday the  North&#39;s invitation for a visit by a United Nations nuclear  watchdog delegation, which could be a first step in Pyongyang&#39;s  nuclear disarmament.
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South Korean police used water cannon in  central Seoul Sunday to disperse at least 7,000 protesters  urging the government to reverse a controversial decision to  send more troops to Iraq.
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Seoul and Pyongyang have agreed to hold  talks between working-level military officers on Thursday to  discuss rail and load links, after a three-month break in  bilateral talks, Seoul's defense ministry said on Tuesday.
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The United States agreed under  pressure from South Korea on 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 South Korean government approved a plan to halve the size of its troop deployment in Iraq but to extend the mission for another year, officials said.
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The foreign minister of South Korea won overwhelming support in a final informal poll of the Security Council.
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SEOUL The much-delayed deployment of South Korea&#39;s brigade to Iraq has gone ahead, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday in a move that is expected to improve ties with the United States.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell and South Korea's defense minister Yoon Kwang-Ung endorsed plans to pump more money into beefing up South Korea's defense capability despite a planned cut in US forces there.
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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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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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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun pays a surprise visit to troops in Iraq, after his government decided to extend their mandate.
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South Korea reacted with shock and suspicion on Friday to the first declaration from the reclusive North that it had nuclear weapons and had pulled out indefinitely from six-party disarmament talks.
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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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The US agrees to stagger a troop withdrawal from South Korea, due to fears about the North.
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North and South Korea are restoring ties during talks this week following the communist country's pledge to shut down its nuclear reactor
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It must be said that the admission comes at quite a dramatic time. The US commitment to South Korean defense is suspected to be weakening as Washington plans to pull out a third of its 37,000 troops here as part of its global arms redeployment.