The U.S.-South Korea alliance is growing “stronger than ever”, with the two allies preparing to update strategic planning guidance to deter North Korea’s military threats, the military chiefs of both countries said in a joint statement. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and his South Korean counterpart Suh Wook approved the new strategic planning guidance, which reflects changes to the strategic environment, in a meeting held in Seoul on Thursday. The two chiefs said they are committed “to strengthening the alliance’s deterrence posture by leveraging all available alliance capabilities, including cyber and space capabilities”, and agreed to update operation plans in response to security threats on the Korean Peninsula. “The Strategic Planning Guidance from 2010 still remains effective, but we’ve shared the need for a new war plan that could reflect evolving threats from North Korea and changes from our own defense reform and a combined command structure, as well as …