A protester is removed Tuesday from the Senate Finance Committee's markup of trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama on Capitol Hill. Congress is expected to pass the pacts Wednesday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and first lady Kim Yoon-ok took off Tuesday for their five-day visit to the United States. (Associated Press)
South Korean pop singer Rain gives a military salute to his fans before he enters the army to serve in front of an army training center in Uijeongbu, north of of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
**FILE** South Korean nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac (second from left) is escorted by officials upon his arrival at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing on Aug. 25, 2011, for talks with his Chinese counterpart, Wu Dawei, on North Korea’s nuclear program. (Associated Press)
Jack Nicklaus speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club in Incheon, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Nicklaus said Tiger Woods can still beat his record total of 18 major championships provided he gets control of his mental game. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
Currency traders look at monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 12, 2011. Asian stocks opened higher Friday after promising U.S. jobs data helped propel Wall Street up. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A currency trader works in front of a TV showing U.S. President Barack Obama at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011. Asian equity markets were sharply down early Tuesday as investors fearing a possible global economic slowdown continued to flee stocks. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said it looks like a deal will be worked out between President Obama and Capitol Hill Republicans that would allow the three long-stalled trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to pass. "I think [members] are distracted with the debt issues," he said. "I think [the trade deals] are passed after the debt limit." (Associated Press)
South Korean soldiers remove mud on the street after a landslide caused by heavy rains in Seoul, South Korea, on July 27, 2011. (Associated Press)
