SEOUL, May 23 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s defence ministry, said today that, no discussion had been made with the United States, about the withdrawal of some U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula.
The ministry announced the statement, in response to a U.S. media report that said, Washington was considering a pullout of around 4,500 soldiers from South Korea.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea, as a legacy of the 1950-1953, Korean War, that ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.– NNN-YONHAP
