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South Korea, US Fail to Strike Defense Cost-Sharing Deal

Kelly Kasulis

   SEOUL - The United States and South Korea failed to reach a defense
   cost-sharing agreement after holding a fourth round of talks this week.

   Jeong Eun-bo, South Korea's head negotiator in the defense cost-sharing
   talks, met with U.S. officials for two days in Washington this week. By
   the end of his trip, the two countries had not reached any conclusions,
   he said.

   "At this point, we are in a situation where we need to continue to
   narrow our differences. It is not that we have reached a concrete
   result," Yonhap reported that Jeong said at Dulles International
   Airport on Dec. 6.

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