S. Korea hosts conference in Washington on expanding defense cooperation with US

South Korea's defense ministry held a conference in Washington this week to discuss ways to expand cooperation with the United States in the defense and arms industries, ministry officials said Wednesday.

The conference, hosted by Vice Defense Minister Lee Doo-hee on Tuesday, brought together some 120 people, including Michael Vaccaro, the acting principal deputy assistant secretary of state, according to the officials.

During the event, the participants discussed ways to materialize bilateral d ...