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Calls mount to accelerate Seoul’s first US-bound investment plan amid alliance strains

By The Korea Herald

Delays in rolling out South Korea's first major US-bound investment project are feeding broader tensions with the US, and could begin to affect key security negotiations, South Korean government officials and experts warn. Seoul has yet to finalize a concrete blueprint for its initial project under a pledged $350 billion investment in the United States, despite agreement on the overall framework last year. Officials and analysts say moving quickly on the project is now critical to stabilizing ti