fields: i believe about 28,000 troops on the korean peninsulapeninsula spread in vas throughout -- in bases throughout korea. next few years they will be re-concentrated into one base south of seoul. previously they were stationed hownd the many are from the south? dmz, which meant they were essentially the tripwire force. any invasion by the north would mean almost dmz, which immediatd by the americans. the dynamics have changed. one reason they wanted to do that is they wanted to narrow the american footprint, concentrate the americans into one zone, and get them out of the center of seoul. garrison when it was originally constructed was outside of seoul. it has grown so rapidly that it is now in the center. this is a minor irritant for the koreans, and would be for any people to have a foreign garrison stationed right in your capital. support a foreign presence? mr. fields: they do. in a perfect world, the south koreans would wish the united states was not there. they wish they could manage their security affairs on their own. it is a wide view that it is needed to balance the comp