U.S.-South Korea security arrangement
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The United States and South Korea are at odds over how much Seoul should pay to maintain the thousands of U.S. troops stationed on its soil
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SOUTH KOREA’S CONTRIBUTION
Covers about 40 percent of total cost of U.S. troop deployment
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2018  $830m

2019  $890m

2020: U.S. asking for $5 billion – amount is well above Washington’s Mar 2019 “Cost Plus 50” proposal that allies pay full price of hosting U.S. troops plus additional 50% premium
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U.S. FORCES IN KOREA
About 28,500 personnel mainly to deter North Korean aggression – third-largest U.S. troop presence outside continental United States after Japan and Germany
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Army: 19,500
Air Force: 7,800  Navy 350  Marines 120
Combat aircraft: 90
Attack helicopters: 40
Patriot missile launchers: 60
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NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul
Busan
Yongsan
Osan 
Daegu
Camp Humphreys
Gunsan

Major U.S. bases
Army  Air Force

200km 125 miles
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Sources: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Reuters
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Picture: Associated Press