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SOUTH Korea will pay a whopping 1.18 trillion won (£745 million) this year to host almost 30,000 US troops after the biggest annual cost increase in nearly two decades.
The east Asian nation confirmed today that it had agreed to a 13.9 per cent increase in its contribution.
“The agreement resolved a vacuum that had lasted about a year and three months,” its foreign ministry said in a statement. “It provided a chance to reaffirm the importance of the alliance and the need for stable stationing of US Forces Korea.”
Marking milestones in the histories of China and the United States, this week offers a chance to examine two very different visions of the international order, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
Expanding Britain’s nuclear capability increases the risk of nuclear confrontation. It does not keep us safe – it makes us a target, argues CAROL TURNER
Washington plays innocent bystander while pouring weapons and intelligence into Ukraine, just as it enables the Gaza genocide — but every US escalation leaves Ukraine weaker than the neutrality deal rejected in 2022, argue MEDEA BENJAMIN and NICOLAS JS DAVIES