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Pentagon to shift North Korea deterrence duty primarily to South Korea
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Pentagon to shift North Korea deterrence duty primarily to South Korea

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Last updated: January 24, 2026 5:19 am
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The Pentagon stated in an unclassified nationwide protection technique doc titled “Restoring peace by energy for a brand new golden age of America” on Friday, that it plans to shift extra of the duty of deterring North Korea to South Korea.

The U.S. would take a “extra restricted” position in preserving North Korea in line, the Pentagon stated within the doc obtained by Fox Information Digital.

“With its highly effective navy, supported by excessive protection spending, a strong protection trade, and obligatory conscription, South Korea is able to taking major duty for deterring North Korea with crucial however extra restricted U.S. help,” the doc stated.

It added, “South Korea additionally has the desire to take action, on condition that it faces a direct and clear menace from North Korea. This shift within the stability of duty is per America’s curiosity in updating U.S. drive posture on the Korean Peninsula. On this approach, we are able to guarantee a stronger and extra mutually useful alliance relationship that’s higher aligned with America’s protection priorities, thereby setting circumstances for lasting peace.”

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The Pentagon stated in an unclassified nationwide protection technique doc titled “Restoring peace by energy for a brand new golden age of America” on Friday that it plans to shift extra of the duty of deterring North Korea to South Korea. (Vladimir Smirnov/Pool/AFP through Getty Photographs)

The brand new coverage plan on North Korea adopted related methods for different elements of the world, with the wide-ranging doc including that the division will “now not be distracted by interventionism, countless wars, regime change, and nation constructing. As an alternative, we’ll put our folks’s sensible concrete pursuits first.”

The doc clarified the coverage doesn’t imply “isolationism,” however reasonably a “strategic strategy to the threats our nation faces.”

Additional down it added, “We’ll insist our allies and companions do their half and lend them a serving to hand once they step up.”

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The Pentagon on Friday launched an unclassified nationwide protection technique doc titled “Restoring peace by energy for a brand new golden age of America.” (Daniel Slim/AFP through Getty Photographs)

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The doc stated beneath a piece titled “Improve Burden-Sharing with U.S. Allies and Companions” that it plans to discourage China “by energy, not confrontation,” and because the “Division rightly prioritizes Homeland protection and deterring China, different threats will persist, and our allies will probably be important to coping with all of them. Our allies will accomplish that not as a favor to us, however out of their very own pursuits.”

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The Pentagon doc stated it could prioritize threats from China whereas emphasizing burden-sharing by allies in different areas of the world.  (Sheng Jiapeng/China Information Service/VCG through Getty Photographs)

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On Russia, it stated the nation “will stay a persistent however manageable menace to NATO’s japanese members for the foreseeable future,” and on Iran, it said that President Donald Trump has made it clear that Iran gained’t be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon.

This 12 months, South Korea raised its navy finances by 7.5% whereas round 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed there in protection of North Korea.

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