enamored some of america s alliances for some of his predecessors. 24,915 active-duty troops in south korea. in the event of a war, the u.s. is committed by treaty to send up to 690,000 additional u.s. forces to reinforce south korea. along with 160 naval vessels and 2,000 military aircraft. south korea has the largest standing ready military of any of america s 60 allies but even that army is half the size of north korea s conventional forces. the heritage foundation s james cara bono says it s cheaper to keep u.s. troops in south koream home. japan and south korea very much of the cost of facilities in northeast asia, so american taxpayer doesn t pay for all this. the white house announced the location of the summit today, the capella hotel in singapore. a five-star resort. the meeting will begin at