US needs Korea's chip prowess to contain rising China
South Korea should deepen its security alliance with the United States by intensifying economic cooperation, as Washington seeks to expand its economic supremacy over China by heightening investments in its manufacturing industry, according to scholars and analysts from Korea and the U.S. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance since the two nations signed the Mutual Defense Treaty on Oct. 1, 1953.