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In the negotiations over the contribution to the ROK-US Defense Expenses, foreign media reports that President Trump refused, although we made the highest offer, a 13% increase over last year. It also means that President Trump was turned on, with the fact that negotiations were imminent.

Correspondent Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung in Washington.

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Prior to the April general election, Reuters quoted two officials as saying that South Korea had proposed a final draft of defense expenditures that would increase at least 13% in the previous year's agreement, and that President Trump rejected it.

Trump's decision came last week after consultation with Defense Secretary Esper and Secretary of State Pompeo.

On the 6th, South Korea's defense minister's currency also said that US Secretary of Defense Esper pressured South Korea's more contributions to Minister Chung Kyung-doo.

With the spread of Corona 19 raising concerns over the weakening of military preparedness against North Korea, President Trump's decision to reject the US-ROK defense negotiations has stalled.

Our negotiator, who finished the 7th negotiations earlier this month, said that the negotiations for the defense contribution had reached the end, but the US State Department has drawn the line that the negotiations never ended.

As the negotiations on the defense cost-sharing negotiations have been postponed, there have been growing concerns about the disruption of the defense posture as unpaid leave for Korean workers in Korea has been enforced since the 1st.