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South Korea's Lee Says He and Trump Discussed Modernising Their Countries' Alliance
(Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Monday that he and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed modernizing the two countries' alliance during their summit talks. Lee also said South Korea would expand its defense budget to transform the country's military into a smart military that will prevail in future warfare.
South Korea previously rejected a request from Google, whose parent is Alphabet, for permission to use map data on servers outside the country in 2016 and 2007, citing security concerns.
South Korea had already been aiming for the lunar surface; officials have said they want to put a robotic lander on the moon by 2032. But the newly revealed road map ups the ante.
South Korea also wants to be in the space race, and even plans for a presence beyond Earth’s orbit, with ambitions to create its own lunar base within 20 years.
Last year, South Korea was the third biggest exporter of automobiles to the United States, to the tune of $34.7 billion. It bought $2.1 billion worth of cars from the U.S.
In 2018 South Korea handed President Donald Trump the first trade win of his administration. But as the August tariff deadline approaches it may not matter.
Google has said there were no security concerns about its mapping data on South Korea, saying the data are publicly available ...
SEOUL — South Korea has begun dismantling loudspeakers that blare anti-North Korean propaganda across the border, as President Lee Jae Myung’s liberal administration seeks to mend fractured ...
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