Trade officials of South Korea and five Central American nations congratulate each other after signing a free trade agreement in Seoul on Feb. 21, 2018. South Korea concluded the pact with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to lower duties on more than 95 percent of traded goods and open up service and investment markets. From left are Economic Minister Tharsis Salmon Lopez Guzman of El Salvador, Economic Development Minister Arnaldo Castillo of Honduras, Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong of South Korea, Foreign Trade Minister Alexander Mora of Costa Rica, Commerce Minister Orlando Sologorzano Delgadillo of Nicaragua and Deputy Minister of International Trade Negotiations Diana Salazar of Panama. (Yonhap) (END)