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Strengthening the #USROK partnership through lifelong dialogue!
DKI APCSS Director Suzy Vares-Lum & team hosted a high-level alumni roundtable in Seoul with senior ROK diplomats, military leaders & defense experts to address regional security priorities.
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September 24, 2026 at 3:05 AM
South Korea has outgrown the nuclear fuel-cycle rules written for an earlier era.
A look at enrichment, safeguards, Japan, Saudi Arabia—and the case for a new U.S.-ROK nuclear bargain.
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South Korea Has Outgrown Washington’s Nuclear Rules
The U.S. once constrained South Korea’s nuclear fuel cycle over real proliferation risks. As Seoul seeks greater uranium-enrichment latitude, those old rules...
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August 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM
AP photos (5) & video (46 secs): Plans in the works for Korean workers detained in raid to go home while fear lingers for residents

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#SouthKoreanWorkers #ROK
#ROKus #USrok

"'People are very upset about the incident ...'”

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Plans in the works for Korean workers detained in raid to go home while fear lingers for residents
After the detention of more than 300 South Korean workers in an immigration raid in Georgia, a charter plane has arrived in Atlanta to bring them home.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
CBS: U.S.-South Korea ties strained as 300 Koreans detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant wait to fly home

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#ROKus #USrok #ICE

"... the charter operation to transport the detainees had been canceled for Wednesday, subject to change."

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U.S.-South Korea ties strained as 300 Koreans detained by ICE at Georgia Hyundai plant wait to fly home
The ICE raid that swept up 300 South Koreans in Georgia has strained an important bilateral relationship, and highlighted a significant challenge.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
AP: Trump is upsetting the US allies needed to counter China

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#SouthKorea #USrok #ROK
#HyundaiRaid #USindia #India

"'Some partners are hedging by cultivating better relationships with China.'”

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September 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
UPI: U.S., South Korea kick off summertime joint military exercise

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#ROK #ROKus #USrok #Asia
#USrokMilitary #Pacific
#UlchiFreedomShield
#FreedomShield
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"Some 21,000 troops will be mobilized, including 18,000 South Korean personnel."

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U.S., South Korea kick off summertime joint military exercise - UPI.com
The United States and South Korea kicked off their annual summertime joint military exercise on Monday, amid efforts by Seoul to improve relations with North Korea.
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August 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong, newly appointed head of the Workers’ Party’s General Affairs Department, warned that the U.S.–South Korea “Freedom Shield 2026” drills—over 100,000 troops...

https://blackwirein.tel/article/kim-yo-jong-says-usrok-drills-pose-terrible-risks-urges-preemptive-action

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March 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM
An NBR report examined the strategies and policies of the US and the ROK in the areas of #battery #technology, #biotechnology, and #quantum technology and identified opportunities and potential benefits arising from deeper and broader #USROK collaboration. nbr.org/publication/...
August 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
YCAPS Executive Director @marsecbradford.bsky.social weighs in on the emerging elite consensus in Washington on rethinking US force posture in Korea and Japan amid shifting Indo-Pacific strategy

via @scmpnews.bsky.social 👇
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Is US pushing its Asian allies to do more to counter China?
Recent media reports suggest Washington wants Britain and other European nations to focus on Russia and stay out of the Indo-Pacific.
scmp.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:18 AM