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US 8th Army chief urges readiness beyond Korea
The commander of the U.S. Eighth Army in South Korea, Lt. Gen. Joe Hilbert, said troops must be ready for deployment outside the Korean Peninsula if ordered, calling it "irresponsible" to focus "myopically" on threats there, Yonhap and Korea Times report. The remarks, made to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, underscore Washington's shifting focus beyond the peninsula, with KBS World and Business Korea also covering the statement. Korean reaction is limited in the supplied documents; an opinion piece in Korea Times stresses that readiness should come first amid concerns over the Korea-US alliance, but no direct blog or café commentary is provided.
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