The Straight Version
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brushed off concerns over a perceived growing rift in the Korea-U.S. alliance as "fake news," Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said Friday after a bilateral meeting with his U.S. counterpart earlier this week. Kang said the secretary made the comment when the minister brought up Korean media reports citing alliance friction over key bilateral issues, including an apparent gap in advancing the wartime operational control (OPCON) transition from Washington to Seoul. "Regarding the many stories that are coming out, Secretary Hegseth summed it up in just one phrase: 'Fake news,' and I agree," Kang told reporters upon arriving for work following his three-day trip to the Philippines. He was asked whether any disagreements arose while addressing key issues during his meeting with Hegseth. "I believe those claims cannot, and must not, shake the rock-solid foundation of the Korea-U.S. alliance," Kang said. Kang met one-on-one with Hegseth for about 40 minutes on the margins of a regional defense ministers' meeting in Cebu on Wednesday, his first sit-down with th
The UNHINGED Take
"Hegseth calls talk of shaky Korea-US alliance fake news: Seouls defense minister" — genuinely psychotic behaviour. Not a single functioning brain cell survived the meeting that produced this trainwreck.
The Bottom Line
FAILED / 10
"Hegseth calls talk of shaky Korea-US alliance fake news: Seouls defense minister" — genuinely psychotic behaviour.
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