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The commander of the U.S. Eighth Army in South Korea said troops must be ready for deployment outside the Korean Peninsula if ordered, calling it "irresponsible" to focus "myopically" on threats there, according to Korea Times and Yonhap reports from Oct. 21-22. The remarks come alongside warnings from USFK Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson and a senior U.S. official about a rapidly evolving threat environment, raising questions about the OPCON transfer timeline, as Korea Times reported on Oct. 21. Korean reaction is not detailed in the supplied documents, which focus on the official statements rather than public commentary.