South Korea has funneled funding into expanding a 3,600-acre Army base. But President Trump is asking for more.
South Korea paid for most of the $10.7-billion expansion project at Camp Humphreys, now one of the Pentagon's largest and most modern overseas bases.
A decadelong construction blitz — mostly paid for by South Korea — has turned a sleepy airfield into a gated mini-metropolis for U.S. troops, dependents and contractors who were once scattered at multiple bases in Seoul and near the Demilitarized Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula. That’s left even senior American officers unsure whether withdrawals might be coming if South Korea does not comply.
Hoping to mollify Trump, Seoul also has stepped up its purchases of U.S.-made weapons, warplanes and other equipment, making it one of the top buyers of American military hardware. The facilities don’t differ substantially from those in recently expanded military bases in the United States — only in this case American taxpayers didn’t foot the bill.
The deal only came together after Trump administration officials backed down from demands for as much as a 50% increase. But negotiators could only reach a one-year agreement, instead of the usual five years. So talks on the next annual payment are likely to resume soon and are even more fraught. Located along the Anseong River outside the industrial city of Pyeongtaek, much of Camp Humphreys was rice paddies two decades ago.
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