The event was part of Seoul and Tokyo's efforts to hold celebrative projects this year to mark the 60th anniversary of the 1965 signing of the bilateral treaty ... flags of Korea and Japan.

U.S. soldiers salute the American flag ... Korea, while Washington focuses more squarely on China. That has triggered speculation over a potential reduction or reorientation of USFK. Meanwhile ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya reaffirmed their commitment to denuclearizing North Korea on the margins of a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty ...