Mattis says US will keep current troop levels in South Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has reassured his South Korean counterpart that the U.S. will maintain its current number of troops on the Korean Peninsula.
Mattis told Defense Minister Song Young-moo in Seoul on Thursday that the American commitment to South Korea remains ironclad.The U.S. has 28,500 troops stationed in South Korea.Mattis met with Song during a brief stopover on his way from China to Japan.His stop clearly carried a message of reassurance to the South Kor