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Washington and Seoul have agreed on the costs for the deployment of US troops on the Korean Peninsula
After eight rounds of negotiations over the past five months, South Korea has agreed with the United States to increase its share in the expenses for maintaining US troops in the country from 2026 to 2030.
New American dream: to harm China and Russia by burying the Korean status quo
Several status quo situations continue to prevail around the world, including between China and the United States. The status quo is the accepted political term for unresolved global crises, most of which date back to the Second World War. In essence, it means that there is a more or less tacit agreement between rival powers to keep the crises in question frozen. The Korean peninsula, the Taiwan Strait and Western Sahara are just a few examples of these frozen or latent conflicts…
“Freedom Shield” and Other Events of February-March 2024. Part Two: US-ROK Joint Exercises
From March 4 to 14, 2024, the Armed Forces of the United States and the Republic of Korea conducted the annual joint exercise Freedom Shield. This is a complex exercise involving many large and small maneuvers, so first it should be described the main points in which Freedom Shield 2024 differed from previous exercises. The stated objective was to improve interoperability and enhance the ability of alliance forces to conduct joint operations…
