Between the 1960s and ’80s, South Korea’s general-turned-presidents visited the United States to seek economic aid, security guarantees and U.S. endorsement of their legitimacy as rulers. Since the nation became a wealthy democracy and Korea-U.S. relations turned more equal in the ’90s, their summit agendas have featured “bilateral cooperation.” That was mostly rhetoric, however, while the reality has not changed much, especially in security issues.
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