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To keep US troops, Seoul may have too look beyond NK in defense axis
To keep US troops, Seoul may have too look beyond NK in defense axis SEOUL, February 12 (AJP) - The U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS), released last month one year into the Trump administration, delivers a message that is clear — take “primary responsibility” for own defense and expect “critical but limited” U.S. support. For South Korea, which has relied on the U.S. deterrence umbrella against North Korea for more than 70 years, the language feels unsettling. But beneath the rhetoric lies a deeper structural shift: W February 12, 2026