South Korea ratifies long-delayed US trade deal
South Korea’s parliament has ratified a free-trade deal with the US, after years of wrangling over the issue.
Members of the ruling Grand National Party, which has a majority, convened to force the bill through in a 151-7 vote.
Most of the opposition abstained. One politician set off a tear-gas canister before the vote and others jeered as the bill passed.
The US Congress ratified the deal last month and it has now been made law.
It is America’s largest free-trade deal since the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico in 1994.