South Korea

📖 History of US Involvement in South Korea

The Korean War (1950-53) killed 36,574 Americans and an estimated 2 million Korean civilians. The armistice created a frozen conflict — technically, the war never ended. Seventy years later, 28,500 American troops remain stationed in South Korea at an annual cost of billions. South Korea has become one of the world's wealthiest nations and could defend itself, but the U.S. military presence persists — a permanent subsidy of South Korean defense that American taxpayers fund.