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5. news out of taiwan

Fri Mar 13, 2026, 10:05 AM

18 hrs ago

is pretty much consistent, this is a warning to president lee about being too close to china.

and the focus is going to be redirected to Japan (and by extension Taiwan).

now even people from lee's own party is trying distance themselves from lee, and trying to get that 500b investment to usa pass.

edit: it passed just today https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-12/south-korea-passes-us-investment-bill-as-trump-starts-new-probe

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