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  "id": 9302419,
  "title": "Lee, Trump discuss wartime OPCON transfer for 1st time",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/lee-trump-discuss-wartime-opcon-transfer-for-1st-time",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T09:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
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    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260923/lee-trump-discuss-wartime-opcon-transfer-for-1st-time"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) of Korean forces from Washington to Seoul for the first time during a summit in New York on Tuesday. The 30-minute summit took place on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, where both leaders delivered speeches. The Lee administration aims to regain OPCON by 2028 or even 2027, but U.S. military officials have stated that necessary conditions would not be met until the first quarter of 2029. Lee emphasized Korea's efforts to bolster its defense capabilities, including plans to increase defense spending, and reaffirmed its willingness to assume greater responsibility for defense.",
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Lee, Trump discuss wartime OPCON transfer for 1st time",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/lee-trump-discuss-wartime-opcon-transfer-for-1st-time-9313021",
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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."
}