Mir ist aufgefallen, dass Südkorea etwa zur gleichen Zeit getrennte hochrangige Gespräche sowohl mit US-Finanzminister Scott Bessent als auch mit dem chinesischen Vizepremier He Lifeng geführt hat.
Ich habe mich gefragt, ob Koreas strategische Rolle als wirtschaftlicher und diplomatischer Ausgleichspunkt in Ostasien wichtiger wird, insbesondere im Hinblick auf Halbleiter, Handel und regionale Stabilität.
Ich bin gespannt, wie andere die sich entwickelnde Position Koreas zwischen den USA und China interpretieren.
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Geopolitically in the current world order is there a more important middle power? Basically within 500 miles of 3 of the United States‘ key adversaries, all nuclear powers. Also close to Japan that’s a massive economic and military power and a latent nuclear armed nation.
Also happens to be a military and economic power in its own right.
I wonder how many Americans realize how critically important South Korea is to the United States right now.
For example, just look at this NBC report.
[https://www.nbcnews.com/video/u-s-looks-overseas-for-resources-as-munition-supply-dwindles-in-iran-wa-263276613516](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/u-s-looks-overseas-for-resources-as-munition-supply-dwindles-in-iran-wa-263276613516)
I mean, how many more ways does South Korea have to help the US to defend its world hegemony? If it’s not batteries, ships/shipbuilding, ammunition, military equipment, nuclear plants, chips, supply chain redundancy, and now even critical minerals. South Korea is a US job-creating machine. It’s criminal the way the US has treated South Korea. South Korea needs to stop relying solely on the unreliable US and start emphasizing cooperation with Canada, the EU, and Japan – they are the real democratic countries that are reliable and share the same values with Korea.
Regarding the Tungsten mine, South Korea was a large tungsten exporter before the 1997 IMF bailout. The Koreans just could not compete with the cheap Chinese Tungsten. They closed the mines. But that tungsten mine was bought out by a Canadian company (Almonty) with pennies to the dollar. Recently, the Canadian company became American after it moved its operations to the US.
I hope so
Korea doesn’t want and should not get between two empires bickering. One proxy civil war by two empires was more than enough. Korea just wanna live.
The problem with South Korea is that it is next to China. If SK and Canada swapped positions, it would be rightfully treated as an indispensable ally. Unfortunately, being next to China means that any sort of military dependency from the US in the form of weapons or technology means those very things are at risk during a potential war with China. This is to say nothing of the presence of NK.