S. Korea, Australia sign FTA, agree to bolster security
PoliticsApr 8, 2014
South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott agreed Tuesday to bolster security and defense cooperation between the two countries as their trade ministers signed a pact to free up trade between two of the biggest Asia-Pacific economies.Abbott arrived earlier in the day from Japan, where he announced the conclusion of free trade talks with Tokyo on Monday. One of the main purposes of his two-day visit to South Korea is to sign the free trade pact with Seoul that