South Korea Needs Better Defense | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary

South Korea Needs Better Defense | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary: "As long as 27,000 American personnel remain on station in the ROK, the South is not doing enough militarily."

"Yet the South is capable of defending itself. Over the last 60 years it has been transformed from an authoritarian wreck into a prosperous democratic leader internationally. The ROK's economy ranks 13th in the world. South Korea's GDP is roughly 40 times that of the North. Should it desire to do so, Seoul could spend more than the entire North Korean GDP on defense alone."