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National Defense

Koreans Reject Trump’s Price Increase for Troops

, only said that their country should give in to the demands of the Trump administration and pay five times – approximately $5 billion – their current bill for the U.S. troop presence in the country.

A majority of Koreans – 63 percent – said that their country should negotiate a lower price. A quarter of Koreans said that the country should flat out refuse to pay the increase. Among those wanting to negotiate, more than half said a price below $1.7 billion was appropriate, showing a general rejection of the sky-high price hike the U.S. is proposing.

In October, President Trump startled Koreans by suggesting the price increase. Currently, South Korea is paying $924 million, a price that was set in February. The maneuvering of the U.S. is in line with the Trump administration’s general aim to limit the engagement of the U.S. military abroad and the spending connected to it. Because U.S. nuclear weapons are acting as a counterweight to nuclear weapons held by North Korea, Trump might feel a certain amount of leverage towards Seoul. Japan, where more troops are stationed than in Korea, received a similar proposition in November and was

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This chart shows survey responses of South Koreans to questions concerning the proposed increase of payments for U.S. troops in the country (2019).

Age distribution in South Korea 1960-2025
Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in South Korea 1954-2031
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Total value of U.S. trade in goods with South Korea 2000-2024
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Gross domestic product (GDP) in current prices in South Korea 1980-2031
Unemployment rate in South Korea 1980-2031

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