South Korea and the U.S. are said to be nearing the end of negotiations on sharing the cost to keep U.S. troops in South Korea. The U.S. president maybe not be getting the deal he hoped for.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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A South Korean lawmaker told reporters the talks are in their final stage.
A decision on sharing the bill for U.S. troops in South Korea has been delayed for months.
Seoul officials have said the Trump administration had demanded South Korea pay twice its current share.
South Korea paid roughly 850 million dollars last year.
According to Yonhap News, the lawmaker says a new one-year deal will cost roughly 890 million dollars.
It's a jump of around eight percent, but not the high-price tag President Trump had pursued.
Trump has suggested in the past that America's allies are freeloading.
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