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Because geopolitically these are two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies - Korea only has Japan.
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for the defense of Germany (at least not mostly), but to cover other missions in the region (from your article)

Germany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Meanwhile the bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment the scenario of war with Russia is very unlikely and Russia would need to go through Poland. The combined armies of only these two EU & NATO countries, their mobilization potential, etc. would be bigger then the Russian equivalents. On the other side the Korean soil has seen over 1 million Chinese soldiers.

In general - Germany keeps those bases for political or tactical, but not for strategical reasons.

Because geopolitically these are two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies - Korea only has Japan.
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for the defense of Germany (at least not mostly), but to cover other missions in the region (from your article)

Germany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Meanwhile the bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment the scenario of war with Russia is very unlikely and Russia would need to go through Poland. The combined armies of only these two EU & NATO countries, their mobilization potential, etc. would be bigger than the Russian equivalents. On the other side the Korean soil has seen over 1 million Chinese soldiers.

In general - Germany keeps those bases for political or tactical, but not for strategical reasons.

Because geopolitically this are two two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies Korea have only Japan
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for defense of Germany (at least not mostly) but to cover other missions in region (from your article)

Germany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment there is very unlikely scenario of war with Russia and while Russian would need to go through Poland - combined armies of only this two EU & NATO countries their mobilization potential etc. would be bigger then Russian - Korean soil seen over 1 million Chines army.

In general - Germany keeps those bases for political/tactical not strategical reasons.

Because geopolitically these are two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies - Korea only has Japan.
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for the defense of Germany (at least not mostly), but to cover other missions in the region (from your article)

Germany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Meanwhile the bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment the scenario of war with Russia is very unlikely and Russia would need to go through Poland. The combined armies of only these two EU & NATO countries, their mobilization potential, etc. would be bigger then the Russian equivalents. On the other side the Korean soil has seen over 1 million Chinese soldiers.

In general - Germany keeps those bases for political or tactical, but not for strategical reasons.

Because geopolitically this are two two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies Korea have only Japan
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for defense of Germany (at least not mostly) but to cover other missions in region (from your article)

BlockquoteGermany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment there is very unlikely scenario of war with Russia and while Russian would need to go through Poland - combined armies of only this two EU & NATO countries their mobilization potential etc. would be bigger then Russian - Korean soil seen over 1 million Chines army.

In General - Germany keep those bases for political/tactical not strategical reasons

Because geopolitically this are two two totally different situations:

1. Germany is surrounded by allies Korea have only Japan
2. Bases in Germany aren't there for defense of Germany (at least not mostly) but to cover other missions in region (from your article)

Germany had been a key hub for securing missions in the Middle East and Africa, and especially in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Bases in Korea are there at most to defend Korea.

3. At this moment there is very unlikely scenario of war with Russia and while Russian would need to go through Poland - combined armies of only this two EU & NATO countries their mobilization potential etc. would be bigger then Russian - Korean soil seen over 1 million Chines army.

In general - Germany keeps those bases for political/tactical not strategical reasons.