South Korea and the United States underscored the importance of their key nuclear deterrence dialogue body on Friday, calling it an "enduring" tool and a "solid" foundation to strengthen the allies' integrated deterrence efforts.

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South Korea and the United States held a session of their key nuclear deterrence body in Washington on Friday, a Seoul official said, after it was postponed in the aftermath of President Yoon Suk Yeol's botched martial law bid last month.