Gen. Xavier Brunson’s remark that South Korean territory begins at the southern fence of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has belatedly become one of Seoul’s top political controversies. Brunson, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC), made the comment last Wednesday at a think tank event in Washington, saying the line marks where the country starts from the UNC’s perspective. It was initially overshadowed by his caution on transferring wartime operational control (OPCON) until Seoul’s ruling party lawmakers like Kim Byung-joo, who also serves as President Lee Jae Myung’s special adviser for defense, took it up