South Korea Prez expresses hope Seoul, Washington will work out reasonable solution to finalise bilateral trade deal

South Korea President Lee Jae Myung has expressed hope that Seoul and Washington will work out a reasonable solution to finalise a bilateral trade deal. The two countries are striving to finalise details of Seoul’s 350 billion US dollars investment pledge made under a broad-brush trade deal struck in July this year. Lee also outlined Seoul’s efforts to ease military tensions and achieve denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula. He stressed that his country views peace and stability on the peninsula as key to building a global peace framework.