U.S. and South Korea Sign Deal on Shared Defense Costs South Korea agreed to raise its contribution 8.2 percent, allaying fears that the American troop presence could become a bargaining chip at the upcoming Trump-Kim talks. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:A Beginner’s Travel Guide to Haiti, El Salvador and AfricaThe World Bank Is Remaking Itself as a Creature of Wall Street10 Monkeys and a Beetle: Inside VW’s Campaign for ‘Clean Diesel’U.S. and Pakistan Give Conflicting Accounts of Drone StrikeIvory Coast Arrests Six in Ring That Smuggled Parts of Elephants, Leopards and PangolinsDoomsday Clock Advances to 11:58 P.M., Closest Since 1950s