There was a striking “absence of discussions” about North Korea at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, according to the organizer’s Korea Chair, even as South Korean defense discussions featured prominently at the Singapore event. Dr. Lami Kim of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) observed that Seoul’s defense spending and the proposed transfer of […]
In interview, Lami Kim discusses OPCON transfer risks, Seoul’s push for a nuke sub and the DPRK’s ‘two-state’ policy
Dr. Lami Kim, Korea Chair at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies at the 2026 Shangri-La Dialogue, ROK President Lee Jae Myung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un | Image: IISS via LinkedIn, NK News, Blue House, KCNA, edited by NK News
There was a striking “absence of discussions” about North Korea at this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, according to the organizer’s Korea Chair, even as South Korean defense discussions featured prominently at the Singapore event.
Dr. Lami Kim of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) observed that Seoul’s defense spending and the proposed transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) were bigger topics at the annual security conference held by IISS, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth again underscoring the importance of military burden sharing.
Speaking on OPCON, Kim suggested a transfer could weaken U.S.-ROK interoperability in the short term and
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