Security dominates as US, Seoul sign tech agreement

The United States and South Korea renewed and amended a science and technology agreement to boost cooperation between the two countries in fields ranging from space to biotechnology.

Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State said "Today's agreement will expand the scope of that cooperation, both in areas that we've longed worked together on like space, but also in emerging fields like biotechnology, quantum, artificial intelligence." 

Secretary Of State Antony Blinken and South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin also used the occasion to present a united front on security issues and the need to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.

Park Jin, South Korean Foreign Minister said "It will strengthen partnership on critical technologies by promoting research and development cooperation, as well as exchange of expertise and knowledge. We agreed that space is the next frontier in our expanding partnership.

The agreement was first signed in 1992 and then again in 1999.The pact that was signed today extends for the next ten years.