Just last month, a U.S. soldier broke into the dorm of a high school student, threatened her with a weapon and sexually assaulted her. U.S. troops in Korea and Japan have a long history of committing crimes against civilian populations. Christine Ahn is the executive director of the Korea Policy Institute and a member of the Global Campaign to Save Jeju Island. She is also a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus.

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