Presidential workplace chief of workers Kang Hoon-sik speaks throughout a parliamentary audit by the Nationwide Meeting’s Home Steering Committee on Nov. 6, 2025. (Yonhap)
The US is behind the delayed launch of a joint doc detailing agreements with South Korea on tariffs and nationwide safety issues.
Whereas Kang Hoon-sik, the Korean president’s chief of workers, stated the announcement would “not be delayed past this week,” authorities ministries chargeable for the varied agreements appeared much less assured concerning the timeframe.
When requested throughout an look on the Nationwide Meeting’s Particular Committee on Funds and Accounts on Thursday why the very fact sheet’s announcement was taking longer than anticipated, Overseas Minister Cho Hyun stated, “The US State Division has requested us to attend a bit of longer. I’m advised they’re ready for affirmation from a number of departments.”
Cho added that the 2 international locations had “exchanged paperwork that had been very almost agreed upon.”
“We’re not dragging our heels. The deliberations throughout the US are taking some time,” he stated, reiterating that the delay within the announcement was as a consequence of circumstances within the US.
Since suspending the announcement of the joint reality sheet, which had been scheduled for Nov. 4, the US authorities has not disclosed the explanation for the delay or up to date the schedule.
A senior official within the Korean authorities advised the Hankyoreh that “the US Division of Power is seemingly upset with what number of concessions Korea acquired in regard to the 2 international locations’ nuclear power settlement.”
Whereas the 2 governments agreed of their discussions that their reality sheet will embody language about Korea “working to construct” nuclear-powered submarines — a degree approved by US President Donald Trump throughout final week’s summit — and the phrase “revise” in regard to the 2 international locations’ atomic power settlement, the deal seems to have aroused objections from sure elements of the US authorities in the course of the overview course of.
The presidential workplace doesn’t regard the very fact sheet’s delayed announcement as a critical concern.
Kang, the chief of workers, stated throughout a parliamentary audit by the Nationwide Meeting’s Home Steering Committee on Thursday that “the very fact sheet announcement won’t be delayed past this week.”
Showing alongside Kang on the audit, Kim Yong-beom, the president’s chief secretary for coverage, reiterated that there have been no points with the agreements on tariffs and funding. Kim famous that “the primary article of the MOU features a phrase concerning the industrial rationality” of selections about US$200 billion of the US$350 billion that Korea has pledged to put money into the US. The opposite US$150 billion is to be invested by Korean firms within the US shipbuilding business.
By Web optimization Younger-ji, workers reporter; Shin Hyeong-cheol, workers reporter
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