Seoul aims to set target year for wartime command transfer in fall: ministry

South Korea will seek to decide on a target year for regaining wartime operational control from the United States at annual defense ministerial talks this fall, Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said Wednesday. During a policy briefing to President Lee Jae Myung at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Ahn said Seoul and Washington would discuss the final timing of the transfer at the Security Consultative Meeting to be held in November. “We will discuss the full operational capability assessment with the US defe