The US spends about USD$4.5B per year on US troops and facilities based in South Korea. And funded what looks like ~USD$35B in post-war economic assistance. (P

The US spends about USD$4.5B per year on US troops and facilities based in South Korea. And funded what looks like ~USD$35B in post-war economic assistance. (Plus other UN funding) For that, South Korea went from being devastated by 2 wars to around the 13th largest economy in the world. Not a bad return. China and Russia were welcome to invest in North Korea...