{"id":58089,"date":"2020-01-29T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T16:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/01\/29\/korean-employees-at-us-bases-there-could-be-furloughed-in-april-without-cost-sharing-agreement\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:59:04","slug":"korean-employees-at-us-bases-there-could-be-furloughed-in-april-without-cost-sharing-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2020\/01\/29\/korean-employees-at-us-bases-there-could-be-furloughed-in-april-without-cost-sharing-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Korean employees at US bases there could be furloughed in April without cost-sharing agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Korean nationals are receiving notices they could be furloughed from their jobs at U.S. bases April 1 if the U.S. and the Republic of Korea can\u2019t hash out a host-nation support agreement to offset the stationing costs of more than 28,000 U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2019 Special Measures Agreement required <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2020\/01\/24\/camp-humphreys-prepare-for-installation-service-delays-while-us-s-korea-negotiate-cost-sharing-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\">South Korea<\/a> to contribute nearly $1 billion as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2019\/12\/03\/demanding-south-korea-exponentially-increase-payments-to-keep-us-troops-there-will-drive-needless-wedge-between-us-and-our-allies-say-house-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\">the cost-sharing deal<\/a>, but it expired Dec. 31 and the Trump administration is urging South Korea to contribute even more in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, leftover funds are running out. As a result, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/15\/esper-says-south-korea-which-paid-90-percent-of-costs-for-camp-humphreys-needs-to-increase-burden-sharing-to-keep-us-troops-in-south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Forces Korea<\/a> said it\u2019s providing Korean employees on U.S. bases with a heads up that they could be furloughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDue to the 2019 Special Measures Agreement lapse and the continued absence of a subsequent agreement, United States Forces Korea began providing Korean National employees today with a 60-day notice of a potential administrative furlough that could occur on April 1, 2020, absent an agreed upon SMA,\u201d said U.S. Forces Korea<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usfk.mil\/Media\/Press-Releases\/Article\/2068107\/usfk-issues-60-day-notice-of-potential-furlough-to-kn-employees-60\/\" target=_blank> in a Jan. 28 statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout the Republic of Korea\u2019s continued commitment to share the cost of employing our Korean National workforce, USFK will soon exhaust programmed funds available to pay their salaries and wages,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Forces Korea said all notices to 9,000 Korean National employees will be issued before Jan. 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/01\/20\/when-it-comes-to-us-ambassador-south-koreans-bash-more-than-his-stache\/\" target=_blank>Retired Adm. Harry Harris<\/a>, the U.S. ambassador to South Korea, had signaled Jan. 16 that furlough notices to Korean employees would be distributed imminently if a deal wasn\u2019t met, Bloomberg reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retired Army Col. David Maxwell, who has several decades of military service in Asia, said furloughing Korean employees would jeopardize readiness. For example, base services and military units would require service members to provide \u201cborrowed military manpower\u201d to conduct assignments that are \u201coutside their normally assigned duties and units.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnit training and readiness will be impacted,\u201d Maxwell told Military Times Jan. 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump has regularly discussed his desire for allies to hike their contributions to support U.S. troops, and tweeted in August 2019 that South Korea is a \u201cvery wealthy nation that now feels an obligation to contribute to the military defense provided by the United States of America.\u201d He also said in February 2019 that South Korea was costing the U.S. $5 billion a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials have not publicly announced how much they want South Korea to contribute as part of a Special Measures Agreement, however, multiple media outlets reported in November the U.S. was seeking $4.7 billion in host-nation support. That\u2019s nearly five times the amount South Korea contributed under the previous agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As it is, Seoul shelled out $70 million more in 2019 than it did in 2018 for host-nation support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, South Korea also footed the bill for the majority of building the U.S. Army\u2019s Camp Humphreys. According to Army Gen. Vincent Brooks, former USFK commander, South Korea paid for approximately 90 percent of the $10.8 billion project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a potential furlough wouldn\u2019t happen until April, the failure to reach an agreement is already having a ripple effect on base operations. 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