October 28, 2017

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States agreed Saturday to expand rotational deployment of U.S. strategic military assets to the Korean Peninsula to counter the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s threats.

South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis held the 49th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM), an annual security dialogue between the defense ministers of the two allies, in Seoul.

Minister Song told a press conference after the meeting that they agreed to expand the rotational deployment of U.S. strategic assets to enhance the U.S. commitment to an extended deterrence while agreeing to strengthen cooperation on other deterrence measures.

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