U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker enters the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in central Seoul, Tuesday, to have talks with the Korean counterparts on security agreements. The U.S. delegation, led by Hooker, and a Korean counterpart, led by First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo, launched formal negotiations to implement the Joint Fact Sheet reached during the October 2025 summit between Korean President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump. Yonhap
Korea and the United States launched formal negotiations Tuesday to implement security and economic agreements reached at last October's bilateral summit, with discussions centered on Seoul's push to develop nuclear-powered submarines and its pledge to invest $350 billion in the U.S. in exchange for reduced tariff rates.
The two-day meeting, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul, focuses on the Joint Fact Sheet published in November 2025 following the summit between President Lee Jae Myung and U.S. President Donald Trump. Key agenda items include Seoul's ambition to build domestically produced nuclear-powered submarines, uranium enrichment for fuel reprocessing and the terms of the investment commitment.
