{"id":2206270,"date":"2024-08-27T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T23:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/?p=2206270"},"modified":"2024-08-26T19:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T10:05:59","slug":"us-south-korea-defense-talks-resume-as-election-season-heats-up-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/08\/us-south-korea-defense-talks-resume-as-election-season-heats-up-in-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"US-South Korea defense talks resume as election season heats up in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">South Korea and the U.S. will hold the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yna.co.kr\/view\/AKR20240826039100504?section=politics\/defense\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seventh round<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of defense cost-sharing talks from Aug. 27 to 29 in Seoul. The negotiations aim to determine South Korea\u2019s contribution to U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) stationed in the country after 2026. The current agreement, set to expire in 2025, increased South Korea\u2019s 2021 contribution by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.index.go.kr\/unity\/potal\/main\/EachDtlPageDetail.do?idx_cd=1712\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13.9%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to around $893 million (1.1833 trillion won) per year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The talks resume just two weeks after the previous round, intensifying efforts to reach an agreement before the U.S. presidential election in November. South Korean officials emphasize seeking a \u201creasonable level\u201d of contribution. The current agreement covers labor costs, construction and logistics support for USFK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>WHY IT MATTERS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The seventh round of negotiations will be the first to take place since U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/democratic-national-convention-kamala-harris-807cf9d4a609a18ceaa9eee9c9422af5\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nomination<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as the Democratic presidential candidate. Harris has taken a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lead<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> over her Republican rival, former U.S. President Donald Trump, in various polls. Seoul initially rushed to conclude the negotiations before November\u2019s election in anticipation of Trump\u2019s potential return and his previous demands for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/04\/us-seeks-fair-and-equitable-defense-cost-sharing-talks-with-south-korea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">significantly higher contributions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, Harris\u2019 lead may reduce this sense of urgency, as a Harris victory would likely maintain the Biden administration\u2019s more moderate stance on alliance costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harris <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/23\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-speech-transcript.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">described<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a \u201ctyrant\u201d and \u201cdictator\u201d in her acceptance speech last Thursday and vowed not to \u201ccozy up\u201d to him, indicating a continued tough stance toward Pyongyang. That stance aligns closely with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol\u2019s position.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/defense-security\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Defense &amp; Security<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/tag\/inter-korean-foreign-relations\/\"><span class=\"tag\">Inter-Korean &amp; Foreign Relations<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea and the U.S. will hold the seventh round of defense cost-sharing talks from Aug. 27 to 29 in Seoul. The negotiations aim to determine South Korea\u2019s contribution to U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) stationed in the country after 2026. The current agreement, set to expire in 2025, increased South Korea\u2019s 2021 contribution by 13.9% [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10407,"featured_media":2206272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[26,28],"class_list":["post-2206270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-briefings","tag-defense-security","tag-inter-korean-foreign-relations"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US-South Korea defense talks resume as election season heats up in Washington - KOREA PRO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/koreapro.org\/2024\/08\/us-south-korea-defense-talks-resume-as-election-season-heats-up-in-washington\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US-South Korea defense talks resume as election season heats up in Washington - KOREA PRO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Korea and the U.S. will hold the seventh round of defense cost-sharing talks from Aug. 27 to 29 in Seoul. 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