![]() ![]() The poll - conducted by the JoongAng Ilbo, a major The majority of South Koreans want less or no US troops in their country, a survey showed on Thursday. The protesters were also campaigning for a revision to a treaty governing the US soldiers stationed in South Korea, which gives the US jurisdiction over their forces. The acquittals of the two US servicemen last year, in a US military tribunal, led thousands of demonstrators to demand their retrial in a South Korean court. The incident is likely to fuel anti-US sentiment in the country, which has been aggravated by Washington's hardline policy towards the North Korean nuclear crisis. The victim, one of more than 4,000 South Koreans serving with the Submission of a false official statement and conspiracy".Īnti-US sentiment has been running high in Seoul The US Eighth Army said Leng Sok was found guilty of allįive charges of "aggravated assault, indecent acts, sodomy, Late last year a wave of protests began after two US soldiers were acquitted of negligence after they killed two South Korean girls in a driving accident. Public anger has been growing in South Korea over alleged crimes committed by US military personnel. All three soldiers and the victim are male. Two other American soldiers are also suspected of involvement in the assault, and have yet to face trial. His rank was also reduced to that of private. Mr Sok, who is of Thai descent, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail, according to the Associated Press news agency. US army sergeant Leng Sok was accused of carrying out the assault last year at a military base in at Dongducheon, north of the capital Seoul. A United States military court near Seoul has found an American soldier guilty of sexually assaulting a South Korean serviceman. ![]()
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