{
  "id": 8405691,
  "title": "Defense Authorities from S. Korea, US to Strengthen Cooperation on Expediting OPCON Transfer",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/defense-authorities-from-s-korea-us-to-strengthen-cooperation-on",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-19T06:02:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KBS World Radio",
    "slug": "kbs-world-radio",
    "url": "https://world.kbs.co.kr/service/news_view.htm?lang=e&Seq_Code=204365"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "[International] : Defense authorities from South Korea and the United States have issued a joint statement on strengthening cooperation toward expediting Washington's planned conditions-based transfer of wartime operational control(OPCON) to Seoul. According to Seoul's defense ministry and the U.S. Department of ... [more...]",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea, U.S. vow to strengthen cooperation to accelerate wartime OPCON transition in defense talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/s-korea-u-s-vow-to-strengthen-cooperation-to-accelerate-wartime-opcon",
        "published": "2026-09-18T23:38:09.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "S. Korea, US vow to strengthen cooperation to accelerate wartime OPCON transition in defense talks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/19/s-korea-us-vow-to-strengthen-cooperation-to-accelerate-wartime-opcon",
        "published": "2026-09-19T00:12:03.000Z"
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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."
}