South Korea sees higher chance of US trade deal by APEC summit

South Korea's chief policy advisor said on Sunday that he sees a higher chance of it reaching a trade deal with the U.S. by the time of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea later this month.

While the two sides have made concrete progress in most issues, they need to iron out a couple of remaining issues, advisor Kim Yong-beom told reporters.