[CobaltBlue]

>>The Status of Forces Agreement between the two countries (which establishes the conditions for US military presence in South Korea) is woefully lopsided when compared with similar US agreements with other countries such as Germany.<<

I wonder what this means?

Do they want more money?

[L,TOWM]

No. They want our military troops subject to domestic law. The same way a trooper based in Deutschland can be tried and punished for criminal offenses committed off-base by German police and courts.

We do that for European Countries. We do not do that for troops based in the Far East. It has been a source (mostly unneeded) of tension in the RoK and Okinawa.

[John Valentine]

Actually, this staement in the article is simply wrong. I won't call it a lie, that would imply knowing intent to decieve. Maybe the author is just ignorant. Based on the rest of the article I'd say that is more than likely.

The most egregious error is to say tht Roh in the best chance for peace in the Korean peninsula. His election scares the bejeezzus out of me. Im sure that if war comes again to Korea, it will be because of the massive miscalculation of this Korean Chamberlain.

He is dangerously misguided, naive, and inexperienced.

Watch out!