Foreign affairs
South Korea agrees to pay more for U.S. troops
American and South Korean officials on Sunday signed a new deal on how much Seoul will pay Washington for the upkeep of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.
The agreement was renegotiated after President Trump demanded Seoul pay more. The payment for 2019 will be about $924 million, up from $830 million in 2018. Sunday's deal will only last for one year, far shorter than the five-year arrangements between the two nations in the past.
There are about 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea, where the United States has maintained a military presence since the Korean War in the 1950s.