Military officials from the United States and the Republic of Korea (hereafter referred to as South Korea) signed an agreement known as the Land Partnership Plan (LPP) on March 29, 2002. The LPP was described by the parties to the agreement as a cooperative U.S.-South Korean effort to consolidate U.S. installations and training areas, improve combat readiness, enhance public safety, and strengthen the U.S.-South Korean alliance by addressing some of the causes of periodic tension and discontent among South Koreans regarding the U.S. presence in South Korea. The LPP, as originally approved, promised to reduce the number of U.S. military troop installations from 41 to 23 and to consolidate many U.S. facilities north of Seoul (the capital of South Korea), along with other facilities south of Seoul. Under the plan, financing of new construction to support consolidations and relocations of U.S. forces in South Korea was expected to rely on revenue generated from land sales following U.S. return of selected facilities and training lands to South Korea, on host nation funding, and on U.S. military construction funding.


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    Title :

    Defense Infrastructure: Basing Uncertainties Necessitate Reevaluation of U.S. Construction Plans in South Korea


    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    44 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English