South Korea and the United States seem to have narrowed their differences on sharing the burden of maintaining a U.S. troop presence on the Korean Peninsula <br /> An official familiar with the latest talks that took place in Honolulu last week told reporters Monday that the meeting helped the two sides to agree on some aspects.<br />He added that unlike sports,... negotiations are a process in which both sides can reach a "win-win" deal. <br />South Korea and the U.S. are working on a new Special Measures Agreement that will determine how much Seoul should pay toward the stationing of the 28-and-a-half-thousand American troops in the country. <br />This year's deal, signed in March, required South Korea to pay 886 million U.S. dollars, an increase of more than eight percent from the previous year.<br />The current deal expires at the end of the year. <br />
