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Analysis US midterm clock raises stakes for South Korea’s $200 billion investment talksEach project approval reduces Seoul’s bargaining room while key Korean priorities still depend on future US decisions U.S. President Donald Trump and ROK President Lee Jae Myung welcomed “significant progress” on South Korea’s U.S. investment package during a 30-minute meeting in New York on Tuesday, even as Seoul’s own project reviews showed that the hardest part of the bargain — deciding which risks Korean taxpayers should actually assume — has only begun. National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said the two leaders met for about 30 minutes and agreed to continue follow-up consultations on nuclear-powered submarines, uranium enrichment and reprocessing, shipbuilding and the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON). Their meeting came less than a day © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |





