[해외자료] No More Delays: Why It’s Time to Move Forward With Wartime OPCON Transition

...policymakers conceived the command architecture as a means to institutionalize a starkly patron-client relationship with its smaller South Korean ally, including the nearly unilateral US operational control ( OPCON) over the ROK military. However, it was not intended to remain this way. Both US and ROK officials saw the command architecture as following a specific evolutionary trajectory. What began...

[학술논문] Convergence and Tensions in the ROK-U.S. Alliance: Policy Differences Require Deft Alliance Management

...that both countries face, but clearly disagree on the policies to address them. There are notable differences between Washington and Seoul regarding an end-of-war declaration, wartime operational control ( OPCON) transition, North Korean policy, an expanded South Korean security role of the Indo-Pacific, and improving South Korean-Japanese relations. The Moon administration has called for reducing...