U.S. Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense visit South Korea (Courtesy photo)

Robert Rapson, Jeong Eun-Bo, Lloyd Austin, Antony Blinken, Chung Eui-Yong and Suh Wook, March 18, 2021 : (front row L-R) Chargé d'Affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy in South Korea Robert Rapson and South Korea's chief negotiator Jeong Eun-Bo attend a signing event as (3rd row L-R) U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-Yong and South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook look during a signing ceremony for a deal on South Korea's share of the cost for stationing the 28,500 U.S. Forces Korea, called the Special Measures Agreement (SMA), at the head office of South Korean Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea in this EDITORIAL USE ONLY. (Mandatory Credit: South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout/AFLO) (Mandatory Credit: South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Handout/AFLO) (SOUTH KOREA)