U.S., South Korea Agree to Delay Troop Cut -Report
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The United States and South Korea plan to  announce on Wednesday a three-year delay in plans to cut the  number of U.S. troops stationed on the Cold War frontline to  protect the U.S. ally against reclusive communist North Korea.
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South Korea is likely to extend its troop deployment in Iraq through the end of next year, but cut the number of its soldiers in the country to 600 from 1,200, a major daily reported on Monday.
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South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and US President George W. Bush agreed to the early resumption of the six-party talks to end North Korea&#39;s nuclear weapons program, according to Rohâs spokesman on Nov. 5.
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North Korea, facing a looming deadline in a nuclear disarmament deal, blamed the United States on Monday for hurting the prospects for peace on the Korean peninsula with plans to attack the reclusive state.
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The independent, bipartisan panel studying U.S. policy in Iraq has unanimously agreed to a report that will call for a gradual pullback of American combat troops in Iraq but stops short of setting a firm timetable for withdrawal, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.
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A pause in the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq after the current reduction is completed in July "makes sense," Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters in Baghdad today. Gates made his comments after meeting in Iraq with the top U.S. commander, Gen. David Petraeus.
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North and South Korea agreed on Friday to resume reunions of families separated during the Korean War in a step toward improving ties chilled by Pyongyang's weapons tests last year.
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The U.S. Defense Department on  Wednesday notified Congress it plans to provide technical and  logistics support for South Korea's reconnaissance and  intelligence operations as it faces a standoff with North Korea  about its nuclear weapons program.
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SEOUL, South Korea - The United States will withdraw 12,500 troops from South Korea by 2008, delaying its original plan to redeploy the troops by the end of next year, the South Korean Defense Ministry said Wednesday.    In a statement, the ministry said the U.S...
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The United States and South Korea agreed Friday that by 2012 the South Koreans will be responsible for commanding their military in wartime.
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The two Koreas will hold talks late this month aimed at improving relations, a South Korean official said Thursday, the first sign of easing tensions between the countries after the North signed a nuclear disarmament agreement.
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US military authorities have complained they are being paid too little by South Korea for the stationing of American troops on the peninsula next year, expressing concern about joint defense.
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The chief nuclear negotiators of North Korea and the United States are planning to visit each other's capital soon, a diplomatic source in Seoul was quoted as saying in a South Korean news report on Thursday.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and a senior U.S. commander said yesterday that they favor a protracted U.S. troop presence in Iraq along the lines of the military stabilization force in South Korea.
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The United States agreed under pressure from South Korea Wednesday to stretch out over an additional three years until 2008 the withdrawal of 12,500 US troops from that country.
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Military officers from Seoul and Pyongyang met Thursday to discuss rail and road links through the Demilitarised Zone, ending a three-month break in two-way talks, but North Korea dodged making any clear pledge over key issues, the South Korean defense ministry said.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Monday he backed a brief pause in U.S. troop cuts in Iraq once an initial pullout of five combat brigades has been completed in July.