Daily Memo: Seoul’s Warnings Over the US-South Korean Alliance

South Korea appears to be increasingly convinced that it can't rely on Washington.

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U.S.-South Korean security cooperation. The U.S. and South Korean defense chiefs spoke Thursday and said nice things about the future of the “ironclad” alliance. Also on Thursday, though, the chairman of South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff issued an implicit warning about enduring tension in the alliance, telling the South Korean parliament that the government […]

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