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South Korea Holds Security Meeting on U.S. Trade and Security Ties
The presidential national security office convened a meeting Thursday to coordinate responses on bilateral trade and security matters with the United States. The session occurred amid ongoing U.S. complaints regarding a data leak investigation at Coupang's South Korean affiliate.
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The presidential national security office held a meeting Thursday to discuss trade and security issues between South Korea and the United States, Yonhap reported. The National Security Council standing committee meeting was chaired by National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac and attended by officials from the finance ministry, trade ministry and the anti-trust watchdog, with South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Kang Kyung-wha also reportedly present.
Wi stressed the importance of close coordination among government ministries in formulating response measures based on a common understanding to protect national interests amid growing external uncertainties. He also stressed the need for an integrated government response to issues involving South Korea-U.S. relations, describing the bilateral relationship as encompassing both trade and security.
-listed e-commerce giant Coupang. Speaking to reporters the previous day, Kang said the issues involving Coupang had persisted longer than she expected. She added that the two countries were separately working to make progress in implementing the agreements reached by President Lee Jae Myung and U.S.
President Donald Trump during their summit last year. Coupang spent US$250,000 on lobbying through a Trump-linked firm in the second quarter, according to a lobbying report cited by Yonhap.
