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| | KUNSAN AIR BASE: How It Was - 8th FW (2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The U.S. requested 500,000 pyong of new land in Osan, 300,000 pyong in Uijongbu, 240,000 pyong in Pyongtaek, 2,000 pyong in Inchon, 200,000 pyong in Ichon in Kyonggi Province, 31,000 in Chilgok and 100,000 pyong of land for a marine corps training facility in Pohang, North Kyongsang Province. |
 | | While 57% of the 37,000 US soldiers stationing in Korea are married, only 10%, or 2,100 live with their family members, far less than the 72% of US forces in Japan and 74% in Germany. |
 | | U.S. officials and commentators offered differing assessments last night of the implications of North Korea's announcement, with some considering it a belligerent act deserving of a strong response, and others saying it could be a bid by North Korea to create an opening to the United States. |
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