U.S. official Jonathan Fritz stated at the Korea-U.S. forum that the U.S. has allowed South Korea to build nuclear submarines to deter "regional threats", particularly those in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait.

What threats? Isn't it just China? Despite this, Lee Jae-myung is still calling for a quick visit to China.

Fritz added that the traditional military alliance between South Korea and the U.S. has evolved into comprehensive economic and industrial cooperation due to the expanding interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

What cooperation? Isn't it just that they're eyeing South Korea's shipbuilding industry? This stuff can't be transferred at all; behind it are industrial workers and production chains, including the state of a country. Unless the U.S. and South Korea are exactly the same, how can the shipbuilding industry be transferred?