South Korea and the U.S. have just begun their second round of defense cost sharing negotiations on Korea's southern resort island of Jeju.<br /> During the two-day meeting,... foreign and defense officials from Seoul and Washington aim will continue discussions over how to effectively share the costs,... while strengthening their alliance.<br />According to the Special Measures Agreement between the two sides,... South Korea is expected to pay some 900 million U.S. dollars this year.<br />The money is used to cover things such as the personnel expenses of South Korean workers at U.S. military bases, facility construction and logistical support.<br />As the ninth SMA, signed in 2014, expires this year, Seoul and Washington are to looking to sign a tenth one for the years to come.<br />South Korea is known to cover roughly 45 to 50 percent of the total cost of the U.S. military deployment. <br />
