Nearly a billion dollars will be paid to the United States by the Republic of Korea for the fact that the American army turns the country into a proving ground to put pressure on the neighboring North Korea.
This was reported on Friday, April 5, by the press service of the National Assembly of South Korea after a meeting of the legislative body that voted to increase the cost of maintaining the US military contingent by 8.2%.
The report notes that the initiative was supported by 139 deputies. Only 33 were opposed. It is also said that Seoul does not need to coordinate this issue with the US Congress.
The US Army is based in South Korea since the end of the Korean War. At the moment, the military contingent is about thirty thousand troops, which in 2019 alone will cost Seoul more than a trillion won, that is, 915 million dollars. It is worth noting that Washington sought even greater amounts, wanting to receive $ 1.2 billion a year.