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The United States has reaffirmed its commitment to the existing bilateral agreement on the conditions-based transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea, despite uncertainty from the US midterm elections, Korea Times reports. Yonhap says the US reiterated its commitment to a conditions-based OPCON transition, while KBS World notes the Trump administration stated the agreed conditions remain unchanged even as security threats on the Korean Peninsula evolve rapidly. The defense chiefs of South Korea and the US agreed to work together on the timely transfer at next year's Security Consultative Meeting, and Seoul says it is closely coordinating with Washington on setting a target year for the handover, according to Yonhap and KBS World. Korean media frame the reaffirmation as steady, though Seoul's push for a target year remains a point of negotiation.