Daily Memo: Strains in US-South Korea Ties

The government in Seoul has hinted at military drawdowns and abstentions.

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South Korea rebuffs the U.S. on military … South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, apparently for the first time, hinted on Tuesday (but never said outright) that a drawdown of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula may be on the horizon. Meanwhile, an assistant chief of staff for U.S. Armed Forces Korea wrote an editorial […]

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