S KOREA SEOUL MILITARY BASE TO RELOCATE SOUTH OF SEOUL CITY–TO OPEN UP FOR A CENTRAL PARK IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY OF SEOUL

South Korea and the United States will relocate the U.S. military headquarters in Seoul to south of the capital as planned because it is “a pledge to the people,” Seoul‘s defense chief said Tuesday.
In 2004, the allies agreed to relocate the Yongsan Garrison, the sprawling U.S. military headquarters in central Seoul, and the 2nd Infantry Division north of Seoul to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of the capital, by the end of 2016.
“The plan to relocate the U.S. bases will be implemented (as planned) as South Korea and the U.S. promised their peoples to do so,” Defense Minister Han Min-koo told reporters.
He also noted that “nothing has been decided” over whether to make an exception for the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command in the relocation plan.
“The two sides are to have discussions over where to locate it and how to deal with relevant issues,” he said.
“Under the changing circumstances of the delay in our retaking of wartime command from the U.S., we are reviewing diverse ways on how to strengthen our joint defense system,” the defense chief said, without elaborating.

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