Despite a series of meetings,... South Korea and the United States are still having a hard time trying to narrow the gap on sharing the cost of American troops stationed in Korea. <br />Citing diplomatic sources,... South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reports that Washington is asking Seoul to contribute one billion U.S. dollars annually,... which is a 15 percent increase from what Seoul paid last year. <br />However, the South Korean government is asking for its defense contribution to be kept under one trillion won,... or some 880 million dollars. <br />