SEOUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's defense ministry said Friday that no discussion had been made with the United States about the withdrawal of some U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula.
The ministry announced the statement in response to a U.S. media report that said Washington was considering a pullout of around 4,500 soldiers from South Korea.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a legacy of the 1950-1953 Korean War that ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty. Endite
