U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived in South Korea on Monday for talks on redefining the role of American forces amid shifting regional security dynamics. He is also expected to visit the DMZ border with North Korea.

The defence chiefs are scheduled to hold the annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) on Tuesday, the highest-level forum where the two countries chart the course of their military alliance and South Korea’s defence against nuclear-armed North Korea.

South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back and Hegseth will discuss combined defence readiness against North Korea and cooperation on regional security and cyber and missile defence, the South’s ministry said.

The two are expected to discuss plans to respond to the “changing security environment and threats” by develo

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