[ExSoldier]

Both leaders of the Koreas (N&S) are nuts. Primarily our military hasn't been there to deter the North from invading the South but rather to keep the South from going North! The token presence on the DMZ wouldn't stop a mosquito from penetrating to the south, much less a determined invasion. That's why we keep a supply of nuke tipped artillery shells on the DMZ. The terrain of the country naturally leads to a sort of automatic channelization of forces. Essentially the terrain would force them to bunch up and move slow, so after the landmines and such had attrited them, there would be the option of those "special" warheads. Our presence there after so many years of a nervous ceasefire, no longer makes sense. The South is so much economically stronger than the starving North, that our re-alignment makes sense.

[HipShot]

Are they wanting to move the capitol south to protect it from a response to their own aggression? Does that reveal any kind of timeline?

BTW, would the artillery density be enough to blow a quick path through the minefield?

[Myrddin]

That's why we keep kept a supply of nuke tipped artillery shells on the DMZ.

Jimmy Carter got a Nobel Peace prize for negotiating an agreement with North Korea. That agreement included removal of nukes from the DMZ. That's why NK is so feisty now. In addition to nuclear tipped artillery, we also had a contingent of Marines with suitcase nukes at the ready to halt an invasion of SK by NK. Those are gone too.

The SK military is big enough to fend for itself now. There is no need to leave our 37,000 troops in place.