With South Korea on the sidelines, the United States stepped in.

在韩国处于观望态度的时候，美国介入了。

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Last year it signed a pact with South Korea removing duties from most goods.

去年，它与韩国签订了协定旨在免除大部分商品的关税。

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But he failed to revive a stalled free-trade agreement with South Korea.

但是，他没能再启美韩两国业已搁置的自由贸易协定。

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One theory is that the military could object if the ruling party looks for friendship with South Korea to help save North Korea's economy.

VOA: special.2010.10.02

In Pyongyang,Bosworth will try to persuade North Korea to return to nuclear disarmament talks with South Korea, the U.S.,China,Japan and Russia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

Ambassador Stephen Bosworth met Monday with South Korea's six-party talks negotiator Wi Sung-lac ahead of his trip to North Korea on Tuesday.

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' It's something that's very close to us because we're very close with South Korea.

BBC: Magazine

But a separate agreement with South Korea could become an insurmountable hurdle for policymakers.

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Japan also says the matter was settled in bilateral agreements with South Korea in the 1960s.

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