US presses S.Korea to pay more for troops

By Joyce Lee and Phil Stewart
Updated November 15 2019 - 6:03pm, first published 5:57pm
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korean "could and should pay more" for stationing US troops.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper says South Korean "could and should pay more" for stationing US troops.

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has pressed South Korea to pay more for the cost of stationing US troops in the country and to maintain an intelligence-sharing pact with its other Asian ally Japan that Seoul is about to let lapse.

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