The United States and South Korea reached an agreement Sunday on how to share costs for American troops present in the country which will entail a “meaningful increase” in the longtime U.S. ally’s contributions. The State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs announced the deal in a series of tweets, saying it had been reached “in principle on proposed text for a New Special Measures Agreement that will strengthen our Alliance and our shared defense.” A State Department spokesperson said that, under the deal, South Korea will increase its contribution to the cost of U.S. forces stationed in the country, but did not provide specifics as to the amount. President Donald Trump’s administration had demanded South Korea increase its contributions, with former Defense Secretary Mark Esper in 2019 pressing the case that the longtime ally should pay a bigger share of the cost of having U.S. troops on its soil. “This is a …