The US is moving missile defence systems, including Patriot interceptors and parts of a terminal high-altitude area defence system, from South Korea to the Middle East to bolster operations in the war with Iran while the annual Freedom Shield exercises continue.Kim Yo Jong condemns the drills as dangerously destabilizing, warns that any challenge to North Korea's security will bring "terrible consequences" and highlights Pyongyang's expanding nuclear programme and closer ties with Russia and China.South Korean President
Lee Jae Myung says Seoul opposed removals but cannot fully prevent redeployments, urges faster progress on self-reliant defence and points to satellite imagery and increased
C-17 and
C-5 traffic at Osan as Washington reshapes posture under the Trump administration.