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South Korea - US military to relocate main base from Seoul to new location
Channel News Asia ^
| April 9, 2003
Posted on 04/08/2003 10:37:38 PM PDT by HAL9000
The US military is planning to relocate its main base from the South Korean capital Seoul to a new location in the country. "The two sides agreed to relocate Yongsan garrison as soon as possible," a statement said after military talks between the two sides to revitalise their 50-year-old military alliance.
The United States deploys 37,000 troops in South Korea.
The military talks were taking place following massive anti-US protests last year, and calls from South Korea President Roh Moo-Hyun for a more balanced bilateral relationship.
Earlier South Korea's Defence Minister Cho Young-Kil said he opposed any US proposal to pull back its forces from the peninsula, until the North Korean nuclear crisis is over.
South Korea considers the US bases on its soil as a "trip-wire" that would trigger automatic US involvement in any new conflict on the Korean Peninsula.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: korea; northkorea; seoul; southkorea; yonsang
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To: HAL9000
Since the ROK now wants to accommodate the Dear Leader so much, I vote for Guam. Make it their problem.
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posted on
04/09/2003 7:17:35 AM PDT
by
pttttt
To: GreatOne
i believe Rumsfeld just may be serious about this...as someone else just pointed out...this would take away a lot of kim's leverage...man, ain't it nice to have a bunch of "adult" patriots in charge
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posted on
04/09/2003 9:04:00 AM PDT
by
mc10
To: MortMan
unfortunately, you make a very important point!
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posted on
04/09/2003 9:05:32 AM PDT
by
mc10
To: Mamzelle
sure nice to have a hard ass as def. sec.
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posted on
04/09/2003 9:06:47 AM PDT
by
mc10
To: Congressman Billybob
However, we will have in place the planes to lay a necklace of MOABs across the DMZ
That's assuming there aren't tunnels going from the north side to downtown Seoul that are
big enough to move masses of troops. I wouldn't assume that.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:20:41 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(If they truly are God's laws, he can enforce them himself.)
To: bucephalus
. Sorry for being a windbag.
Not windbag at all. You write well and are on the scene.
Hope to hear a lot from you as Korea gets the next news cycle.
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posted on
04/09/2003 10:26:28 AM PDT
by
gcruse
(If they truly are God's laws, he can enforce them himself.)
To: bucephalus
As you're a direct source, I hope you continue to contribute. So we charge $400M/yr, which the Korean nat'ls then rec' in salaries? Of course, I don't have any idea what it costs to maintain our defenses there for a year...
I've been reading the Korea Herald and Times...what are these papers like for accuracy?
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posted on
04/09/2003 1:47:10 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
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