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and korea. i traveled with sitting ambassadors across the country as part of a signature program called the ambassadors dialogue. what i learned during the trip is along with k pop and k drama, there is something called k diplomacy. i think we will earn more about that because that tore into this volume has helped me to see diplomacy in its essence as a person-to-person exchange between representatives of their countries that also is a personification of the relationship. i think this book, an inside view from the ambassadors covers many decades of conversations between representatives of the u.s. and south korea who have managed the relationship through thick and thin. korea will change how one looks at how the relationship is managed because investors views are highly personal interactions supporting the relationship. i also want to say this book, we are giving freep copies to people here we also are making available for free to anybody who contacts us at keia.org, if you want to order the boo

i investors looking at south korea? ., �* ~' , korea? i don't think there is auoin to korea?'t think there is going to be _ korea? i don't think there is going to be a _ korea? i don't think there is going to be a huge - korea? i don't think there is going to be a huge impact i korea? i don't think there is | going to be a huge impact on business and investors. i think we are seeing a very short—term episode of political drama that will be resolved over the next few weeks, the next few months, and in some way i think we should take heart that the democratic process in south korea worked. the president very unwisely decided to declare martial law, deal with a live political impasse between the two parties, and there is originalityjust my reality in south korea, very divided public, very fragmented political, not fragmented, but very divided political scene in which parties have been alternating in power, they've been alternating in their control of the assembly and the presidency. now we have an unusual situation in which a korean president would have been, may still be the on

-korea alliance. host: a headline from "the wall street journal," the south korean president faces removal vote in politics. -- in parliament. walk us through what it would take and the process it would take and how long it would be for a new leader to emerge? guest: there are a variety of different scenarios. easiest one is he resigns but he said he will not and he continues to defend the martial law declaration. the next is as we will see on friday or saturday, the vote in the national assembly which requires 200 votes to pass to impeach him. and then his powers would be suspended if the vote succeeds. it requires eight of his own party, the conservatives to vote against him. for impeachment. the -- there are factions within the ruling party, but it is not clear yet how much discipline the party will exert over its members. we will have to stay tuned for that. if he is impeached the prime minister becomes the acting president and the powers of the presidents are suspended. and the constitutional cou

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in south korea. >> they have enjoyed a peaceful transfer of power despite uh, increasingly divided politics that have been plaguing seoul. the president yoon. his approval rating has been absolutely abysmal uh, under 20% by some estimates. in recent weeks. and at the same time, he has seen more than a dozen of his cabinet members impeached. he has seen his budget slashed by the opposition, which which controls the parliament by something like $4 billion, billions of dollars of programs that were important to him, including his his insistence that they need to bolster their military protection in south korea often citing what he views as a growing threat from north korea which in addition to sending weapons to putin's war in ukraine, has also dispatched something like 10,000 north korean soldiers to that war as well. well, blowing up roads that are linking north and south korea, by the way, those moves sending soldiers away from the north and to ukraine and to russia, uh, would kind of go against the

— relations from north korea and south korea _ relations from north korea and south korea reaching _ south korea reaching ani all—time low so there is a south korea reaching an - all—time low so there is a real confluence _ all—time low so there is a real confluence of— all—time low so there is a real confluence of foreign - all—time low so there is a real confluence of foreign and - confluence of foreign and domestic— confluence of foreign and domestic factors - confluence of foreign and domestic factors here. i domestic factors here. interesting _ domestic factors here. interesting you - domestic factors here. interesting you end . domestic factors here. i interesting you end there because i was going to ask you a straightforward question, for people watching around the world, why is south korea so important? it world, why is south korea so important?— important? it is important because — important? it is important because it _ important? it is important because it is _ important? it is important because it is a _ important? it is important because it is a hallmark. important? it i

certainly, south korea faces an existential threat from north korea, has for 70 years, but there is aeeling in korea and the rest of the world, allies, the u.s. and elsewhere, that democracy makes it stronger. president yoon made that speech at 10:30 at night, and it just didn't make sense to anybody that that was the rationale. it's important to note that when the national assembly gathered the spontaneous session in the middle of the night to nullify it, the leader of president yoon's own party voted to nullify. other important conservative members of his party, the mayor of seoul, announced he was against this. it just didn't hold water with people, even people who do feel that maybe some south koreans need to take the threat from north korea more seriously. it just didn't hold water. christian: are you suggesting the cuts they made to the budget, which were pretty sweeping, could, in some way, undermine national security? kathleen: no, i didn't mean to suggest that. i'm not sure that was the nature of the cuts. certainly it is true that within the national assembly, which is now d

korea as human rights. things of that sort of. she has facilitated the ability of the trilateral defense cooperation with japan, which is something his predecessors were unwilling or unable to do. and in that sense, overall, the united states has perceived him as a, as a fairly positive actor. if we do so use impeachment, for example, his replacement is likely going to come from the, the more liberal opposition and some of those try lateral dynamics with japan may be put at risk once again. thank you so much, roger. that's rhonda bank from the stratford center for applied to your politics at rain. a seal ahead on 0 to 0. and now the knights of demonstrations in georgia protest is around happy with the decisions to suspend tools to join the european union and live into place. the patio there remains a cold and i'm settled for cost of through the mid week. for europe, you can see some cloud moving across central areas that's going to bring us some width and even wintery weather, to parts of the outs and down

the good news is korea has — situation? the good news is korea has a _ situation?rea has a very _ situation? the good news is korea has a very clear - situation? the good news is korea has a very clear path | korea has a very clear path forward, if the president resigns or is impeached, the prime minister becomes the acting president immediately, not to create new policies but to ensure stability. and this particular prime minister is on his second time as prime minister, he is very good, well regarded by the international market, he spent four years in the us as ambassador to the united states after being prime minister the first time. so he is a known entity for washington. that will give the markets and soon the american investors strong confidence that korea will recover and recover very quickly. d0 that korea will recover and recover very quickly. do you think the — recover very quickly. do you think the president - recover very quickly. do you think the president has - recover very quickly. do you think the president has a i think the president has a future?

kim da—sol is a film journalist for the korea herald.o get her take on the entertainment industry's challenges here. moviegoers before pandemic, they want to go to the theatre to watch the film. but now, because they have netflix at home, they are not bothered to walk to the theatre, actually. but on the other hand, because the actors and the directors who had no jobs at all during pandemic, they are shifting towards platforms like netflix. so netflix is becoming a new breakthrough for the directors and actors to make income. netflix is investing over $2 billion into the korean film and tv industry. it's eager to produce hits that can be a success notjust here in south korea but around the globe. streaming is seen by many as radically changing the film industry here. film—makers like director lee claim that it's pushing up costs and stifling creative risk taking. director lee is one of the most unique voices in the korean film industry. his most recent film was killing romance, an unusual hybrid, a musical comedy. it performed poorly at

here in south korea?e surprised. they have nothing to do with this story. they are obviously taken by complete surprise by this news story pretty much everybody around and i think they will probably try to do some propaganda domestically, internationally no—one is listening to the international propaganda, domestically they have full control but they cannot really utilise this situation, they cannot use the situation, they cannot use the situation in any way so most likely they will make may be a couple of statements, because they are surprised it will take time, they are very slow operating society it will take time for them to decide what they are going to say. they will say something about their involvement with the situation will be minuscule.— involvement with the situation will be minuscule. andre, what about the _ will be minuscule. andre, what about the us _ will be minuscule. andre, what about the us president-elect l about the us president—elect donald trump, he will take office next month, he m

invaded, south korea. but i think over the last 30 years, it's become pretty commonly accepted among that, if you to understand the origins of, the korean war and how it started, you can't really just start with that date in 1950. you to look at the previous years and understand what was on in korea. between 1945. in 1950, because there already a lot of social conflict within korea by the end of world war two, in part because japanese colonialism had created such sharp divisions between some koreans who had benefited from japanese colonialism different ways and some koreans who had suffered partially because had resisted japanese colonialism. so when japanese colonial wisdom and, you know, japan surrender its colonies in 1945 when this long suddenly comes to an end all of these tensions, frictions between and among koreans are rising to the surface very quickly. and so a lot of the histories know a lot of what's been written about korean war in the last 30 years, as that there probably would you know, ther

what do you think what happened in south korea, what does it do to the u.s.-south korea alliance?i think the election of former president donald trump has led to a lot of uncertainty among korean officials about what is going to happen for the >> there's been a lot of uncertainty for korean officials for what happens in january and he takes space throws that much more uncertainty into alliance management. that level of uncertainty going for alliance and many now the political domestic south koreaen instability adds a whole new level of relying on that yesterday and we have like new leadership turnover in the form of t really about destroying the other side and both conservative party and opposition party controlling thestepping beyond the normal democratic procedure and institutions are not working. not tolerating the other side as the president did and as pro north korea antistated forces chloric. >> talk about the democracy move in south korea. >> yeah, last time we had marshal law declaration in south korea was 1980 and surpris of prodemocracyprising. >> if a goal of korean lib

neighbor, north korea.ere outraged, right? i mean, they're used to democracy. they're like, what is this? so they protested, we're seeing some of the video and of course, now lawmakers have filed motions for impeachment. what does this say when we look at this? should we feel good about the pillars of democracy? there? >> i think many are still in shock, to be honest, that this is even happening. i think if you had asked several of us, a couple of days ago if we could envision such a situation, many of us would talk back to the 1970s and 80s when korea did experience both political and military dictatorship and experienced martial law and the consequences of such. but we would not think so of today. obviously, as you just mentioned, korea is a very thriving and exemplary democratic nation. and i think for many in korea, there is a positive side that korea's constitutional democracy has been upheld. the national assembly worked swiftly to hold the vote, but i think we're still seeing the potential consequenc

not only to help work with the south korea to protect south korea and the peninsula from the north, korean russian to see united states causes, but also to work in collaboration should tie one have to have any sort of a ration from china. so there's that element as well. so this is something that the united states is concerned about and is watching very carefully folly and any word kimberly, from my present connect. donald trump, so far there has not been anything that has been posted to his media platform. true social that we've seen, that's usually where we get the policy statement from the president elect. but having said that, what we do know is that there has been a lot of concern between the period of the us election, which was on november 5th. and the lead up to president elect donald trump immigration, which is january 20th. and here's some of the events that have been concerning for the current binding ministration, as well as president elect donald trump's administration. and would they have been in close coordination, particularly when it comes to the diplomatic, as well as secu

now we are just seeing some lines emerging from south korea. of course, we have been watching that situation very closely after president june secure, declared emergency marshal shortly onto the national assembly, voted to demand that the president's lift, that emergency martial law. and of course, under the constitution martial law must be lifted when apollo, mentoring majority demands that course in the hours that followed. there was some uncertainty because there was silence from the presidential communications office we've now. so i wanted to see some lines come through. south korea's president, a president june, says that he will indeed lift martial law of to paul image off to the parliamentary vote to blanket and president june also says that marshall loyal combined forces have withdrawn already. now president, you and also noted that there will be a cabinet, it's amazing to be held as soon as possible. suddenly, a nice of dramatic developments in south korea and night as many sharks as a correspondent earlier have described that unit kim

of sympathizing with north korea. the area around the parliament and so is closed off will be lives in the south korean capital for the latest. also in the news is really as strikes hate guys for at least $25.00 to me is have been killed across the street since dawn in syria opposition fights is advance for the west. capturing settlements via how much tens of thousands of people actually and us president joe biden makes his 1st visit to on going on looking to tighten washington's tre ties with the southern african countries on an sport. as dozens of spectators are killed and across shot a football match in jenny, we've got some of the underlying problems facing the game and the west african country. the thank you very much for joining as we begin with fast moving developments out of south korea, where the president has declared martial law. you talk, you'll made the announcement in a late night television address accusing the opposition of sympathizing with north korea. politicians from the president's own people part

although very few south korea is there, save us in public. i must to remind everyone that there is still still a significant number of south korea who are more than willing to share more for the cost of american soldiers on the korean peninsula because we feel. ready that the benefits that come from this military alliance, which creates the ability for korea and northeast asia, is as in frank with you, priceless. so i just want to add that to young on that subject. of course, those trips all that because of the threat from north korea. how do you think the developments in south korea are going to be seen in pyongyang? and of course they've got the return of donald trump and that was a real c. so and what happened last time he was president of the un general assembly at the beginning of his time. he said there was a possibility for him to possibly totally destroy north korea. and then he went through those series of to summit. so no visit actually briefly into north korea and then diplomacy that completely picked it out by the end of his to ho

sergeant first class was moved from japan, pusan, korea korea. we had one more panelist who was supposed to be here today, mr. robert gross but. he passed 22 october 24, just a few weeks ago. i'm going to ask mr. if you would share what you know about mr. gross yes. robert gross was a past president of the north-east chapter, and he served with us and korea. he was looking forward to being here. and i really, really heard us that we'd him. so i get a chance to meet him. and yet i did. there's a clip on youtube of him in his 74 seconds, and i got much out of that 74 seconds. the asked him his name, you know, and he answered that and then he said, do you have any experiences as mr. gross combat experiences? i got a whole lot. and at that moment i said, i wish, i had the opportunity to meet him. then he was asked the question, why are you here? and he didn't hesitate. here's what he said. i'm here to be with the boys i'm here to fellowship. i am here be with the old vets. got some up and coming officers in, ncos. and here i have a question for you t

in south korea. is this crisis likely to have on, on, you know, the tensions on the korean peninsula? you know, not likely because notes are not squared. his hands are full. i mean, those cut needs to take care of who gets on business or doing business with data in beaumont, in the war between russia and ukraine. and those kind of vision would happy to see it doesn't use on the go because using us hard line us doing those clear has been really hurting north korean regime. so he isn't present use on your will be eliminated from the point in the power. then there is no reason on those grades and so for not being happy with the result. so you don't see the no friends exploiting this price is because they seems to be concerned from washington that they might so what kind of explication can those can raise? you may try. uh, because uh, this is a very unstable situation yourself. yeah. but no squared availability to manually uh this situation is quite limited. okay. um in terms of, uh, the, you know, the p

and it is a key us — stable in south korea. and it is a key us ally _ stable in south korea.nd - stable in south korea. and it is a key us ally and a - stable in south korea. and it is a key us ally and a critical| is a key us ally and a critical link in international supply chain what is are the potential spill overs into the global economy that invest tors may be concerned about in this economy that invest tors may be concerned about i— bie concerned about in this is a big issue. _ concerned about in this is a big issue, one _ concerned about in this is a big issue, one we _ concerned about in this is a big issue, one we we - concerned about in this is a big issue, one we we can i concerned about in this is a i big issue, one we we can look at it is the production side of thing, so right now as you mentioned one of the largest umbrella unions, the korea, the kctu is going, is suggesting to all of its member organisations to go on a general strike, calling for president yoon president yoon's resignation in attempting to institute martial law and this is very important for a

this is inside story, the hello again on james bay's south korea. as in the political to him while one of the world's newest. but most robust democracy is roxanne ways, not seen since military dictatorship ended in the 1990 twos. 2 presidents ousted in december with the acting replacement and the pressure of the appointment of judges who decide the fate of the other 2. yes, it's a complicated story, but with straightforward implications, trouble in a key ally couldn't come to was time for the west. this tension, so with neighboring north korea, china and russia. chaos and when the world's biggest economy is in tech, producers has sent investors fling the currency tumbling, just as donald trump looks around the kona threatening terrace. so is this just the domestic political route that will eventually blow over or is a t u s l i significantly weakened in an area of vital importance. we'll discuss all of this with our guest in just a moment. but 1st, this report from victoria can be the south. korea's constitutional crisis has deepened opposition. pol

so no visit actually briefly into north korea. and then diplomacy that completely pointed out by the end of his to how confused you think they'll be in joe young about the developments of the moment. oh, i'm not sure i would use care to rise. um north korea's position visa, visa peninsula and its neighboring countries as being confused. i think they're watching. uh they certainly can go and has come out and condemn the president news martial law. but i think you have to sort of step back and look at history again. and, you know, i think his time has also it a different moment. right. then we were say in even in the eighty's so, so you know, all the things that we've been discussing about. yeah, bi lateral trilateral alliance and all these things that i think under use and ministration on the form policy has very much been like engage with the world right economically, security wise. so on and so on. democratic, a lot of these things are, i think, what could potentially, let's say there is a snap election after the ruling is um, uh

yoon has taken a hard line stance towards north korea.eader has a completely different stance com pletely different sta nce when completely different stance when it comes to north korea, much more focused. i think that president yoon is a man with strong convictions, north korea is one of those issues that underpins the division between the two political parties, i think there is something that we probably don't know about what drove president yoon to take this drastic action. at the moment it's being billed as a politicalfight the moment it's being billed as a political fight over the moment it's being billed as a politicalfight over a budget bill, buti a politicalfight over a budget bill, but i think it remains to be seen whether there is some other subjects to his decision—making. other subjects to his decision-making. other subjects to his decision-makinu. decision-making. and professor, noddinu decision-making. and professor, nodding along — decision-making. and professor, nodding along to _ decision-making. and professor, nodding al

he accused the main opposition party of sympathizing with north korea. i'm taking part in what he described as anti states activities. but the president was forced to reverse this decision only was later off the politicians defied soldiers and force that way into parliament to vote against them. okay, we can have a you, after the national assemblies demand to leave marshall marshall, a troops have been withdrawn. i will accept the national assemblies demand and lift muscle through a cabinet meeting. the decision caused both anxiety and confusion almost south korean. how are you? oh, good. i thought this was a joke. then it turned out to be true that you had declared marshall. i got so worried, but in the morning south korea's largest labor union called a general strike, calling you and stuck your offer a terrier. i'm demanding to step down mendota. i speak on behalf of all the farm is young, so gills regime is even more dangerous than climate change. we cannot turn a blind eye to present in you any longer. off the plunging his country into tom, we'll use

, part of north korea. they're 2 separate countries. unification is not something that's important. um, there are potentials for things to happen in and around the border. mm hm. um, particularly as the south korean air force has gone on, higher alert is run more sorties that may make the north koreans more aware. so we may see some potential cautious there. that said, obviously the south koreans are going to be trying to keep their military focused on internal problems at this moment and maybe not directly try to instigate the north koreans. and what do you think is a thinking right now in the us and the bottom administration, but also in the, the incoming trump administration? will they see this as a dress, a political dispute with a north korea or something more serious that they should be involved in? i think the payment ministration is going to be very worried about the rule of law and democracy in this movement. the incoming trump administration maybe not as much, but as we look at many of the people

this is just struck such a chord here in south korea. i can't, you know, emphasize that more, paula, and spare a thought for all those loved ones. >> all of us can put ourselves in those situations, right? you may not be following too closely which flight your loved ones are on, and right now you're likely in a panic just trying to figure out where they are. mike valerio will continue to stay in touch with you. appreciate it. we don't want to bring in alan deal. he is a former investigator with the national transportation safety board, and he joins us now from albuquerque, new mexico. again, grateful to have you here. as we continue to try and parse this terrible plane crash in terms of actually seeing this airplane essentially do a catastrophic hard landing at an airport, it is difficult to understand why that would ever happen with a boeing 7737 800, given the fact, i mean, i've been in a simulator before. if the landing gear is not down, isn't it alarms, bells going off? i mean, if that's working properly, the crew would know, right?

i happened in south korea overnight?— happened in south korea overniuht? , , overnight?cause we know there _ overnight? i think i've because we know there have _ overnight? i think i've because we know there have been - overnight? i think i've because we know there have been very| we know there have been very dramatic and it all happened within 12 hours. i would say that perhaps it is not a surprise that the south korean political landscape has been acrimonious for so long and the struggle between the people power party and the other major party is a recurring theme in all these years. i think, president yoon is under a lot of pressure for accusations against his wife and other things, imposing martial law as i think in my mind it is a desperate attempt by him to tip the balance in favour of him. but i think given his current weakness both in terms of popularity and the political support, he could not get the result he wants here. i thank the failure and it is unsurprising and there will be more changes to come, we already saw the potential of impeachment, so we think th

at some i was interested in north and south korea. i did it because i want it to be a bridge between north and south korea so that they could understand and respect each other and so that there would not be a 2nd korean voyage. i thought a secret communication channel could improve relations between the 2 countries. south korea is a country without sovereignty, acting under the direction and advice of the united states in all its diplomacy. and therefore, it cannot hope for the practical benefits necessary between nations for we thought that if a secret communication channel was established, we could pursue all the interest that both north and south korea had without corn interference. 1010 there, off the us wants to maintain tension on the korean peninsula to keep it strong position and also to q, south korea as a proxy in any future conflict with china. i'm more, i also think nato is engaging with southridge because it wants to get the troops needed in ukraine and the weapons they need. i believe that the special military operation

north korea.h korea are increasingly becoming involved and with its partnership with russia? what do you expect, in that respect? well, so far, i'm sure the authorities are watching things very carefully but, so far, they have not detected any unusual movement in north korea. the military services are on full alert and ready, as south korea always is in its combined defence posture with the united states. north korea is a constant threat element that the country always watches very closely and is prepared to deal with any contingencies, but you're also right — that it is increasingly emboldened by the new—found security pact with russia. as the president's announcement came to a shock to those around the world, the country has a history of martial law and military rule. certainly this is unprecedented in south korea contemporary it has been about a0 years since martial law has been declared and that was during a decades long military dictatorship. that ruled the country. south korea has made conso

south korea, usually reliant on trade.ee trump taking advantage of this political week this in korea to impose tariffs or press for concessions, or from north korea to exploit this in some way? sydney: president trump comes in, south korea had about a $51.4 billion trade surplus with the united states. in terms of the military spending we need that 3% mark that president trump expects allies to produce. already we knew that korea would be within president trump's target range, as it were, in terms of an unfair trade balance that president trump would seek to exploit president yoon's weakness. it would be a natural instinct to see president yoon as vulnerable. but in a way that president trump would not want to totally undermine the relationship and undermine a partner domestically. he would have to balance out his instincts in this regard. scarlet: fair enough. what about north korea? we have about 30 seconds. sydney: north korea probably sees a weakening of president yoon, divisions in the u.s. potentially resulting from

. , ., ., , , when it comes to stability in south korea. , ., , ., korea.ally _ korea. yes, relationship that saw president biden really put - korea. yes, relationship that saw president biden really put a - korea. yes, relationship that saw president biden really put a lot . korea. yes, relationship that saw| president biden really put a lot of time into in his presidency. i know you have done some coverage as well of north korea. how do you think south korea's neighbours to the north are viewing all of this? filth. north are viewing all of this? 0h, robabl north are viewing all of this? 0h, probably - _ north are viewing all of this? 0h, probably - so. — north are viewing all of this? 0h, probably - so. we _ north are viewing all of this? i probably — so, we should north are viewing all of this? oi, probably — so, we should clarify north are viewing all of this? ©“i, probably — so, we should clarify it is probably only a certain number of people who are aware of the full details of the leader of north korea is mostly might —— most likely looking at this

the decision caused both anxiety and confusion among the south korea. and how do you know who i thought this was a joke? then it turned out to be true that you had declared marshall. i got so worried. in the morning, south korea's largest labor union called a general strike, calling you and stuck your offer a terrier. i'm demanding to step down the window to speak on behalf of all the farm is young. so gill's regime is even more dangerous than climate change. we cannot turn a blind eye to present in you any longer off the plunging his country into tom. we'll use the future as now hanging in the balance. he won the presidency of 2022 by the closest margin in south korea's democratic history. despite his background as a public prosecutor, he wanted to correct down on corruption. he has suffered very low approval ratings following a series of scandals and with his wife accused of corruption. in january, he scrapped the bill that would afford it has to be investigated of accusations of manipulating stocks in july. she was questioned officer, accepting a dea

the south korea is ages falls largest economy on friday. its currency plunged to levels not seen since the 2007 global financial crisis. the constitutional quote has up to 6 months to decide whether to reinstate or remove you. hun says he will say, wait for ruling from the quotes. with politics becoming more polarized, south korea's democracy is being put to the test. and it's likely to face many more months of instability. victoria gave some b, l, g 0 for inside story. well let's bring in all experts to discuss all this today. and with joining today by young chick bong research fellow at the own state university institute of north korean studies in sol from boston. g rebound is as an add on fellow in public policy at the harvard kennedy school. and also. busy from so in bottom trone, is there a todd, south korean army, lieutenant general, thank you. one of you for joining us. if i can start with you, general john. so it period of marshal went from the, the some of the, some of the full for just 6 hours. yes, it seems the crisis is fall fro

korea, the u.s. and our european allies all bring our own unique strengths to the table, strengths that ought to be leveraged for our mutual benefit and shared responsibilities. korea as the world's tenth largest defense exporter in 2023 offers many reliable, quick and cost-effective solutions, particularly with conventional weapons. consider, for example, canine thunder, self-propelled how witser renowned for fire power or k2 black panther, korea's main battle tank which boasts speed, strength and survivability in the most intense combat situation. and don't forget the chung multi-caliber rocket launcher, one of the world's most formidable rocket launchers. i'm glad that the u.s. house of representatives also recognized the benefit of mutual cooperation by including language in the 2025 ndaa about importance of enhancing mutual defense industrial base cooperation between korea and the united states. similarly, our u.s. and european partners bring their own strengths and expertise to the table. for e