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Sep 10, 2020, 8 tweets

US-#SouthKorea alliance is "typhoon proof. It's #COVID19 proof. I'd go so far as to sat it's earthquake proof" @USForcesKorea Commander @DogFaceSoldier Gen Robert Abrams tells @CSIS

"We have a scared obligation" to #SouthKorea, per @DogFaceSoldier on US-#ROK alliance

Commander of @USForcesKorea reassures over training concerns

"Our theater-level command post training is as rigorous if not much more rigorous than it's been in the history of the alliance" per @DogFaceSoldier

"We're in good shape" despite #COVID19, he says

"#COVID19, that has accelerated the effects of sanctions on #NorthKorea" per @DogFaceSoldier

#DPRK regime, military "focused right now principally on getting their country recovered" from typhoons & on mitigating #COVID19, per @DogFaceSoldier

"Along the demilitarized zone and northern limit line, things are pretty calm, steady" he adds

"In general, I'd say #NorthKorea is abiding by the comprehensive military agreement from September 2018" per @USForcesKorea Cmdr. Gen Abrams

"The reduction in tension is palpable. It's identifiable. And you can see it..."

"Things right now are generally pretty calm" per @DogFaceSoldier re: #DPRK-#ROK-US

"The primary focus...is fundamentally focused on restarting negotiations at any level"

"We're not seeing any indicators...we're not seeing any signs of rising instability" inside #NorthKorea, per @USForcesKorea Commander, Gen Abrams

"We're not seeing any indications right now of any sort of lashing out"

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