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SEOUL (Reuters) - The 70-year security alliance between the United States and South Korea is under fresh focus as the allies reached an agreement on Sunday under which Seoul will pay higher costs for hosting American troops as deterrence against North Korea.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. and South Korean soldiers attend the 5th ROK-U.S. alliance dinner in Seoul, South Korea, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool
The following is details of their security arrangement, military cost-sharing talks and the U.S. troop presence in South Korea.
DECADES OF ALLIANCE
At the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War, the United States and South Korea signed a treaty of mutual defence, where the two countries agreed to collective self-defence should either be threatened in the Pacific region. The deal provided the basis for the stationing of U.S. forces in South Korea.