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Lee calls for swift ‘restoration,’ not ‘transfer,’ of wartime command from US

· By Ji Da-gyum
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President Lee Jae Myung on Monday renewed his call for South Korea to regain wartime operational control from the United States as early as possible, insisting that the process should be described as "regaining" or "restoring" command rather than simply "transferring" it. "To put it bluntly, we must regain wartime o…

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