The United States is unlikely to cut back its forces in South Korea even if former U.S. President Donald Trump wins re-election, the South's minister tasked with matters related to neighboring North Korea said in a television interview.
In the interview transmitted on Saturday, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho told broadcaster KBS this was because the U.S. Congress had already decided the matter in a defense bill it recently passed.
"One of the concerns many people have is ... the issue of any withdrawal of U.S. troops from Korea" if Trump is re-elected, Kim said.