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  "id": 15864634,
  "title": "High-profile US figures warn of evolving threats as OPCON transfer dispute simmers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/high-profile-us-figures-warn-of-evolving-threats-as-opcon-transfer-15864634",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:47:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20261021/high-profile-us-figures-warn-of-evolving-threats-as-opcon-transfer-dispute-simmers"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korean Peninsula faces a rapidly evolving threat environment, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson and a senior U.S. official said in back-to-back warnings from Seoul and Washington, raising questions about how those changes could affect the timing of the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON). Their remarks followed a renewed dispute over the OPCON transfer after…",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "High-profile US figures warn of evolving threats as OPCON transfer dispute simmers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/high-profile-us-figures-warn-of-evolving-threats-as-opcon-transfer",
        "published": "2026-10-21T08:12:03.000Z"
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