SKorea, US finalise plan for new military alliance: ministry
South Korea and the United States have agreed on a programme to reshape their military alliance and give Seoul a bigger role in defending against any North Korean attack, officials said. The defense ministry said the two sides signed new terms for the decades-old alliance after talks in Washington on Wednesday and Thursday. The “joint study” would be presented to next month’s annual meeting of defence chiefs, the ministry said in a statement. Full Story