Relations with South Korea

Archive Report

Changing American Commitment

Deteriorating Relations in Last Few Years

America's relations with South Korea have been close and friendly for almost three decades. American military and economic assistance has provided critical support for South Korea and has played the dominant role in helping the nation recover from the devastation of the 1950–1953 Korean War. For its part, South Korea has become a firm ally of the United States, generally supporting U.S. foreign policy. South Korea sent far more troops to Indochina—300,000 altogether—than any other American ally in the Vietnam War. And some 40,000 American troops are now stationed in South Korea, the only American military presence on the Asian continent.

Relations between the two nations have nevertheless deteriorated somewhat in the past few years. There has been ...

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