The US and South Korea renew the deal covering the cost of American troops stationed in the country, with Seoul to pay 8.3 percent more coupled with bearing the burden of rising US soldiers

South Korea this week agreed to pay 8.3 percent more to host 28,500 US troops in the country, a deal hastily closed amid fears that US presidential candidate Donald Trump would ask for even more if he were elected. Meanwhile, according to a report by the South Korean Ministry of Justice, US troops are committing more and more crimes in the country.

  • rainpizza@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    1 month ago

    I was surprised to read this as well. In the western news media, they call it “cost sharing”. lol