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Trump says he rejected sum South Korea offered for defense costs

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09:27 - 21/04/2020 Tuesday
Update: 09:30 - 21/04/2020 Tuesday
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File photo: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019.
File photo: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York City, New York, U.S., September 23, 2019.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had rejected a sum offered by South Korea in response to his demand that Seoul pay for a larger share of the cost of U.S. military forces deployed in the country.

"Now they've offered us a certain amount of money and I've rejected it," Trump said at a White House news conference.

"We're defending a wonderful nation. We're asking them to pay for a big percentage of what we're doing. It's not fair. ... It's a question of will they contribute toward the defense of their own nation."

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