The United States is formally ending seven decades of military presence in South Korea’s capital with the opening of a new headquarters farther away from the border with North Korea.
The US military is holding an opening ceremony Friday for its new headquarters at an expanded facility south of Seoul.
American troops were headquartered in Seoul after they first came to the country in 1945 to disarm Japan after World War II.
The US military presence in Seoul is a symbol of the US-South Korea alliance aimed at deterring North Korean aggression. It has also been a source of anti-American sentiment among many South Koreans.
The relocation was scheduled to take place in 2008 but postponed several times.
Source: AP