An Enduring Partnership: South Korea and the United States = An Enduring Partnership: South Korea and the United States

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The United States has had an intense military alliance relationship with South Korea for more than six decades. By occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula at the end of World War II, the U.S. military created the conditions for the establishment of South Korea as an independent country in 1948. The United States then rescued the new country from foreign invasion by the North in 1950. Since then, and despite the growing capabilities of the ROK`s own military, thousands of U.S. troops have remained in South Korea, along with tanks, warplanes, and other powerful weapons. While the numbers of U.S. troops in South Korea have fluctuated over the years, the general mutual defense commitment has remained solid.

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