South Korean President says he will not deploy troops in the Middle East and that stance will not change. 🇺🇸🇰🇷 More than 36,000 American service members died defending South Korea in the Korean War, the U.S. has kept roughly 28,500 troops stationed there ever since under a Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953, and Washington has extended a nuclear umbrella over the peninsula for seven decades a level of commitment few alliances anywhere can match. From the history one thing is evident that US was always there fpr South Korea. Trump's approach to this alliance isn't about abandoning a partner, it's about insisting a 70-year relationship stay a two way one.