A Korean-American student is making headlines here after confronting Donald Trump, the U.S. Republican presidential front-runner, Monday, over the presence of the U.S. military in Korea.
Joseph Choe, 20, a Harvard College student, also put Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the spot in April with a question about women who were forced to be sex slaves during World War II.
During a campaign speech in New Hampshire, Trump said Korea receives free military protection from 28,500 American servicemen.
"I just want to get the facts straight," Choe said during a question and answer session following the speech.
Trump interrupted him to ask if he was from Korea.
"I am not. I was born in Texas and raised in Colorado," Choe said. "No matter where I am from, I would like to get the facts straight. And I want to tell you that that is not true. South Korea paid $861 million."
Then Trump cut him off and said, "It is peanuts compared to what it's costing. It's peanuts. They are a very wealthy country. We are defending Germany, we are defending Japan, we are defending South Korea, we're defending South Korea, we're defending so many countries, we get peanuts. We get nothing. We get a… you're right. We get a small payment. It is a fraction, a tiny fraction."
Speaking to Yonhap News Agency after the confrontation, Choe said, "People tend to believe that what influential people like Trump say even if they make wrong claims, is true. I just wanted to make it known that (Trump's claims) are wrong."
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/10/113_188694.html
http://henrypatrick1736.blogspot.com/2015/07/asian-military-budget-from-2012-to-grow.html
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