US and South Korea reach agreement
Late Friday evening President Obama announced that the US and South Korea had reached agreement on a trade deal expected to increase annual exports of American goods, including agricultural products, by up to 11-billion dollars and support at least 70-thousand jobs.
North Korea repeated its call Monday for direct talks with the United States, saying that if the two countries end their mutual hostility and forge trust, progress could be made toward denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.