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Seoul pays more for US troops amid rising crimes by American soldiers on S Korean soil

The US and South Korea renew the deal covering the cost of American troops stationed in the country, with Seoul to pay 8.3 percent more coupled with bearing the burden of rising US soldiers' crimes associated with their presence.

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Frank Smith
Press TV, Seoul

South Korea this week agreed to pay 8.3 percent more to host 28,500 US troops in the country, a deal hastily closed amid fears that US presidential candidate Donald Trump would ask for even more if he were elected. Meanwhile, according to a report by the South Korean Ministry of Justice, US troops are committing more and more crimes in the country.