US troops in South Korea must be ready for missions beyond peninsula, commander says
The commander of the US Eighth Army in South Korea said his troops must be ready for deployment outside the Korean peninsula if ordered, arguing that it would be โirresponsibleโ to focus โmyopicallyโ on threats there. Lieutenant General Joe Hilbert said that while his commandโs focus was on fulfilling US commitments under its mutual defence treaty with Seoul, the Eighth Armyโs location did not limit the missions it could undertake. It would be โirresponsible to focus myopicallyโ on threats on...