President Trump Says Korea Has Agreed to Pay “Substantial Money” for USFK
Here is the latest on the USFK cost sharing issue:
US President Donald Trump told a press briefing Thursday that South Korea had agreed to pay “substantial money” to the US for the upkeep of the 28,500 American troops stationed here, repeating what he had told Reuters a week earlier.
“It costs us a lot of money. And if we’re going to defend countries, they should also respect us by making a contribution,” Trump said.
The Trump administration is reportedly pushing Korea to pay about $1.3 billion, a whopping 49 percent more than Korea paid last year and roughly four times the amount that Seoul and Washington shook hands on for an interim deal last March.
Trump openly rejected the deal and has since pressed Korea to shoulder a greater share of the defense costs.
Korea Herald
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Korea can afford it.
No, South Korea has not agreed to any new extortion payments.
Why does your president lie so much? It’s getting ridiculous.
I used to like those Korean soju posters with the pretty girls. Saw them at nearly every Korean restaurant.
Seems like the soy milk variety doesn’t have the same attraction or advertising flair.
I wonder if the government of South Korea is aware that said government has made such an agreement. Given the current US president’s, shall we say, social distancing from the truth, the smart money is bettign that the government of South Korea is not aware of that.