Taiwan-China Cross-Strait Tensions

Is Yoon Moving Away From China and Closer to the U.S. And Taiwan?

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As tensions continue to rise in the Korean peninsula with North Korea’s recent launch of several ballistic missiles and drones, Seoul-based Taiwanese correspondent and KORNEWS Founder, Yang Chien-hao, speaks to Taiwan Talks about how South Korea President Yoon Suk-yeol navigates between military ties with its top security partner, the U.S., and its top trade partner and hostile neighbor’s top ally, China. Yang explains the fine line Yoon is treading, as Washington-Seoul military cooperation increases, amid concerns of triggering China. He also shares insights behind the undisclosed and unannounced meetings between Taiwanese and South Korean officials, and the likelihood of further cooperation between the two countries.