[AmericanInTokyo]

Yep. Might not go down too well, though, with the nearly 50,000 US [non military] civilians in Korea right now stationed on business, studying, researchers, selling American products to keep the American worker employed, missionaries spreading the word. You know, that kinda' thing.....

[Mamzelle]

Considering that the SK economy is going gangbusters (5%/yr), I think they can afford to protect Seoul themselves. The young men can serve a little longer, and tax themselves a little more, rather than spend so much time in video game cafes in make-believe wars.