{
  "id": 12579504,
  "title": "Seoul, Washington agree on provisional structure for post-transition CFC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/seoul-washington-agree-on-provisional-structure-for-post-transition-12579504",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T08:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20261007/seoul-washington-agree-on-provisional-structure-for-post-transition-cfc"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on a provisional framework for their Combined Forces Command (CFC) following the handover of wartime operational control (OPCON), according to Kim Seong-min, deputy commander of the Korea-US CFC. Kim informed a parliamentary audit that the structure would be officially confirmed during the Full Mission Capability (FMC) assessment, a crucial stage in transferring OPCON from the U.S. to South Korea. \"We have agreed on a provisional structure for the post-transition CFC, and it will be finalized during the FMC assessment,\" he stated. The command maintains its official English name, Combined Forces Command, while being known as the \"future CFC\" in Korean to differentiate the post-transition structure from the present one. Kim addressed a query from Rep. Han Ki-ho of the main opposition People Power Party, confirming that the U.S. had indeed agreed to South Korea's proposed structure, dismissing any notion of an unconfirmed arrangement.",
  "summary": "Korea and the United States have agreed on a provisional structure for their Combined Forces Command (CFC) after the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON), the command’s deputy commander said Wednesday. Kim Seong-min, deputy commander of the Korea-U.S. CFC, told a parliamentary audit that the structure would be finalized during the Full Mission Capability (FMC) assessment, a stage in…",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul, Washington agree on provisional structure for post-transition CFC",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/seoul-washington-agree-on-provisional-structure-for-post-transition",
        "published": "2026-10-07T07:42:04.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}