The U.S. space agency says it has discussed with South Korea ways to increase cooperation in aeronautics research and space exploration.
 
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said its administrator, Charles Bolden, and the President of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI), Kim Seung-jo met on Monday in Washington.
 
Bolden said the two agencies share a mutual interest in aeronautics research, and he identified opportunities to work together. He also said NASA and KARI partnered for several years in the International Space Exploration Coordination Group and are looking forward to continued talks on potential cooperation in space exploration.
 
NASA said that Bolden and Kim also exchanged views on NASA's plans for a new asteroid initiative, previously announced in President Obama's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal. 
 
It said they also discussed working together on South Korea's robotic lunar mission.