U.S. Delays Troop Withdrawal From S. Korea
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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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South Korea will not be able to complete a major relocation of US military bases by 2008 as scheduled due to protests by residents and a dispute over cost-sharing, the defence ministry says.
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The United States promised South Korea on Friday that any North Korean use of weapons of mass destruction after a planned U.S. troop pullout "would have the gravest consequences."
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The Pentagon yesterday delayed for six weeks the return home of about 4,000 U.S. soldiers in Iraq's volatile Anbar province -- the second extension of U.S. forces in the country  in two months -- as the insurgency and rising sectarian violence exert heavier demands on a stretched American ground...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates agreed to delay a drawdown of US troop levels in Europe, the Pentagon said Wednesday, following requests from commanders to maintain its military personnel levels there at around 40,000.
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The United States has hinted at delaying its planned troop reductions in South Korea following concern by the Seoul government, a news report said.
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 1230 EST on Monday.
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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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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan  - The arrival of 12 U.S. F-22 fighter planes at a U.S. air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa was delayed on Sunday without word on a new date for their first deployment outside the United States.
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A visit by the U.N. atomic watchdog to  Pyongyang set for next week is on hold, a North Korean official  said on Thursday, casting uncertainty over disarmament moves  even as the top U.S. nuclear envoy made a surprise trip to the  North.
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The United States and South Korea on Friday said they would dissolve by 2012 an arrangement dating from the Korean War under which Seoul's military forces were put under the control of U.S.-led U.N. forces.
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[World News] Seoul, Oct 6 : The United States will cut one-third of its troops in South Korea in phases by 2008, three years behind schedule, the South Korean defence ministry said Wednesday.
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The U.S. military is delaying the   departure of thousands of soldiers from Iraq while speeding the   arrival of thousands more as a way to keep more troops on the   ground to handle unrelenting violence, the Pentagon said on   Monday.
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The U.S. military, seeking to   maintain its current elevated troop levels in Iraq, intends to   delay the upcoming departure of roughly 3,500 soldiers serving   in the Ramadi area, defense officials said on Monday.
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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 will not be able to complete the relocation of US bases in the country by 2008 as scheduled due to protests by residents and construction delays, officials said.
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SEOUL The much-delayed deployment of South Korea&#39;s brigade to Iraq has gone ahead, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday in a move that is expected to improve ties with the United States.