USFK says South Korea-U.S. alliance committed to conditions-based OPCON transfer

U.S. U.S. alliance remains committed to a conditions-based transfer of wartime operational control to Seoul. -ROK alliance is committed to a conditions-based transition of wartime operational control, and that commitment is unchanged," the official told Yonhap News Agency. U.S. homelands. U.S. troops to operate under South Korean command within the current combined structure.

OPCON transfer The allies agreed to a conditions-based OPCON transition in October 2014. The conditions include South Korea's ability to lead combined forces, its strike and air defense capabilities, and a regional security environment that supports the handover. South Korea regained peacetime OPCON in 1994. Wartime OPCON remains with the United States.

Jae Myung has said it aims to complete the transfer within its term ending in 2030. A Seoul source has indicated the conditions could be met as early as next year. USFK Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson told a House Armed Services Committee hearing last month that the allies aim to meet the conditions by no later than the first quarter of 2029.