S.Korea, U.S. sign cost-sharing deal for U.S. forces in S.Korea

Chang Won-sam (R) and Timothy Betts, top negotiators from South Korea and the United States, sign a deal to share defense costs for U.S. forces stationed in South Korea at the South Korean foreign ministry's headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 10, 2019. South Korea and the United States on Sunday signed a deal to share defense costs for U.S. forces stationed in South Korea, according to local media reports. Under the revised Special Measures Agreement (SMA) that stipulates a cost-sharing between Seoul and Washington for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), South Korea will pay 1.04 trillion won (925 million U.S. dollars) this year. (Xinhua/South Korean Foreign Ministry)