Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 15, 2019

DW: South Korea must pay more for US troop presence: Esper

US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has told the "wealthy country" it can afford to pay more for the stationing of US troops. Washington's 28,500-strong military presence costs Seoul under $1 billion a year.

US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Friday pressed South Korea to pay a bigger share of the cost of having US troops on its soil.

Speaking after a high-level defense policy meeting with his South Korean counterpart Jeong Kyeong-doo, Esper said the South is a "wealthy country and could and should pay more."

Seoul currently contributes under $1 billion (€907 million) a year for US military support which began in 1951 during the three-year war between the two Koreas.

Some 28,500 American troops remain stationed in the South to buttress defenses against North Korea.

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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- November 15, 2019

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