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I Love South Korea

So China is trying to get their hands on S. Korea.

With the US asking to pay more for security personnel in S. Korea, China sign a "defense agreement" with S. Korea to stick their noses at the West.

A recent survey by the Korea Institute for National Reunification showed that 96% of Koreans are opposed to Seoul paying more for the US military presence.


But calling this a "defense agreement" is like calling a glass of water the Pacific Ocean. All China is doing so far from what I know is installing a few phone lines and other minor things.

We may never know what might happen down the line but not exactly the way I want Korea to be unified.
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I served two tours of duty in South Korea, and it's just my opinion, that this money issue will be resolved, and S. Korea would never sign a defense agreement with China. But if that WERE to happen, I don't believe it would bode well for the South especially if the U.S. forces currently there were pulled out. And no doubt, Kim Jung Un would delight in such a situation. Just this veteran's opinion.
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@soar2newhighs

We did sign a "defense agreement" with China but it really was nothing as I mentioned. Calling it a defense agreement is like calling a cup of water the Pacific Ocean.

It really is nothing but I still worry just as a caution. I would be happy to have both the US and China to stop meddling with us. We all know unification is going to benift whichever country makes it. It's a political move more than anything.
@SW-User Yes, I just looked it up. I was unaware such an agreement came to be. Well, I'm of the mindset then to let's see how it ALL plays out. It could have significant impact in that part of the world.
@soar2newhighs Just for the record, too, I stand corrected saying that a defense agreement would never be signed. It will be interesting though to see as I said, how it ALL plays out.
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@soar2newhighs it's okay. I don't expect most people to know what's going on.

No need to apologise 🤗
@SW-User I guess all this nonsense with these hearings that are on going daily pretty much is/has overshadowed other significant news events. Glad you raised the post though. Thanks! The only thing that (No pun intended) trumps the hearings is our rabid obsession with sports on TV.
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@soar2newhighs hahaha Yeah. There is so much going on in the world sometimes I think these hearings are just a distraction. We have China signing peace deals in one country and fighting protestors in another hahaha