Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe SEOUL, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Lap dancing by South Korean women near U.S. military bases is having a negative effect on troop discipline, World Tribune.com reported Wednesday. Accordingly, the military has asked South Korea to ban lap dancing and other lewd acts at local nightclubs near its bases. Advertisement Similar requests also are being made at other bases in the United States and overseas, the report said. The U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division, which has 15,000 troops near the border with North Korea, recently sent letters to the South Korean Special Tourist Association and local mayors urging a crack down on lap dancing clubs near barracks. South Korean lap dance clubs are totally dependent on U.S. customers because they are not allowed to take local clients. U.S. officials declined to specify what they meant by worsening military discipline. The United States maintains 37,000 troops in South Korea to help defend it from a potential conflict with North Korea under a bilateral defense treaty signed after the 1950-53 Korean War.
