	koreans to buy billion dlrs in u s goods south korean foreign  minister rah woon bae said his country s firms have agreed to buy billion dlrs worth of u s goods during his two week buying trip to the united states rah said most of the purchases represented shifts from japanese firms to u s firms as part of south korea s effort to reduce its seven billion dlr  surplus with the united states south korea has a five billion dlr  deficit with japan reuter 
