WASHINGTON — U.S. Vice President JD Vance said Monday the United States and South Korea still need to "work out" details of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Alaska, while expressing confidence that the project will ultimately move forward amid strong Asian demand for American gas. "The pipeline is something that we really want to see happen and a lot of our Asian friends want to happen as well," Vance said, according to a White House pool report. "It's not just the South Koreans. The Japanese would love to see this pipeline." "So I think it's something that's going to happen," he said. "Obviously, you still got to work out some of the details and the South Koreans, you know, have spoken to that." Vance said East Asian economies that have faced higher natural gas prices would benefit from increased supplies of U.S. gas. "When there's a demand for this stuff and there really is strong demand for American natural gas, I think we're going to be able to get it done," he added. U.S. President Donald Trump last week announced South Korea's U.S. investment projects under last y