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Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un ‘Inane, haphazard decision’ by Trump to gut South Korea alliance South Korea’s president has renewed his push to regain independent control of the military from the US in the event of war and urged faster progress in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines after Donald Trump’s order to cut joint drills. On Sunday night, Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” this week’s joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the nuclear-a...
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Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un ‘Inane, haphazard decision’ by Trump to gut South Korea alliance South Korea’s president has renewed his push to regain independent control of the military from the US in the event of war and urged faster progress in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines after Donald Trump’s order to cut joint drills. On Sunday night, Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” this week’s joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the nuclear-a...
Read this reportThe annual exercises, are defensive and not intended to attack North Korea or raise tensions on the peninsula, Lee said.
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President Donald Trump’s decision to scale back joint military exercises with South Korea does not just slight a longtime ally
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AIPROPX has consolidated 18 reports from 14 outlets into a single canonical entry on “South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills.” The covered outlets are based across 4 regions — US, UK, Other, and Middle East.
The earliest report in this entry came from Sky News (Aug 16, 2026, 21:47 UTC); the most recent came from NBC News (Aug 18, 2026, 11:11 UTC).
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