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US and South Korea agree on new cost-sharing deal for troops

by Matthew LeeRobert Burns
| March 8, 2021 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and South Korea have reached agreement in principle on a new arrangement for sharing the cost of the American troop presence, which is intended as a bulwark against the threat of North Korean aggression, both countries announced.

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