South Korea will have to accept an increase in defense burden-sharing for the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea (USFK) if Donald Trump's incoming U.S. administration demands it, the head of Seoul's arms procurement agency admitted on Monday.
The U.S. President-elect has urged American allies to carry a larger defense burden and his campaign's rhetoric suggests it might happen after his inauguration, Chang Myoung-jin, South Korean Minister of Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), told a seminar in Washington.
South Korea will have to accept an increase in defense burden-sharing for the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea (USFK) if Donald Trump's incoming U.S. administration demands it, the head of Seoul's arms procurement agency admitted on Monday.
The U.S. President-elect has urged American allies to carry a larger defense burden and his campaign's rhetoric suggests it might happen after his inauguration, Chang Myoung-jin, South Korean Minister of Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), told a seminar in Washington.
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