The U.S. and South Korea have completed a multiyear project to move their combined military headquarters from Seoul to a base south of the capital, officials said Tuesday.
After 44 years at the Army’s Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, the Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) on Tuesday officially opened Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek near the western coast of South Korea.
“The beginning of the Pyeongtaek era for CFC is very meaningful in the face of North Korea’s growing threat,” South Korean Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup said during Tuesday’s ceremony. “I hope South Koreans and U.