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[ Chart 5-1 ] Annual Defense Burden Sharing Amount Agreed Upon by the ROK and the United States
Unit: USD 100 million
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Round 1 , 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th
Year 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Amount 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.0 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.7 5.5 6.2

Unit: KRW 100 million
Round 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th

Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Amount 6,804 6,804 7,255 7,415 7,600 7,904 8,125 8,361 8,695 9,200 9,320 9,441 9,507 9,602

* Since the 6 SMA, the currency for payment has been switched to Korean won.
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[ Chart 5-2 ] Defense Burden Sharing Status
As of 2018

ROK funded -PHJTUJDT Ammunition storage,
construction DPTU aircraft maintenance,
railroad transportation,
KRW 444.2 billion KRW 145 billion and vehicle support, as Chapter 5
well as other types of
provisions of materials and
services (All paid in kind)
Construction support to the -BCPS DPTU
USFK facilities including barracks
and surrounding facilities KRW 371 billion
(All support, except 12% design
and construction oversight costs, Salaries support for
paid in kind) ROK employees to the
USFK (All paid in cash)

The SMA has undergone many changes over the last 28 years. The ROK and the U.S.

governments have strived to continuously improve rules and regulations in response to the
development of democracy and the maturing civil society in the ROK. Transparency and
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accountability in the defense burden sharing program have improved through the 8 and 9
SMAs, and the two countries have continued to strive to enhance the defense burden sharing
allocation and execution system in a forward-looking manner by further strengthening
transparency, mutual respect and reciprocity, and rational systems in the 10 SMA.
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