U.S.-Korea Agree on Plan to Thwart N. Korea Nuclear Threats

The U.S. and South Korea agreed on a strategy aimed at thwarting North Korea’s growing nuclear threat as the allies reassess their plan for South Korea to take back wartime command of its forces from the U.S.

“We know that North Korea has increased its threats, clearly, against South Korea, against the United States,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said at a press conference in Seoul today. “It has increased its capabilities, its missile capabilities, its three nuclear tests. So that is constantly forcing a review of our strategies.‘‘