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U.S. Forces in South Korea: A seven-decade commitment

  • Written by Frances Tilney Burke, PhD student, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Why does the U.S. have troops in South Korea?

A groundbreaking diplomatic event — the planned summit on June 12 between North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump — may be in jeopardy. The actions of U.S. troops in South Korea are at the center of that conflict.

North Korea’s official Central News Agency stated that...

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