{"id":1589738,"date":"2022-08-04T18:06:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589738"},"modified":"2022-08-04T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T22:06:19","slug":"no-comment-on-taiwan-during-pelosi-meetings-with-south-korea-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-comment-on-taiwan-during-pelosi-meetings-with-south-korea-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"No Comment on Taiwan During Pelosi Meetings With South Korea Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-comment-on-taiwan-during-pelosi-meetings-with-south-korea-leadership%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1589738&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with political leadership in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-south-korea\">South Korea<\/a> Thursday as part of her ongoing tour of Asia. Neither Pelosi\u2019s delegation nor Korean leadership commented on current heightened tensions with communist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> over the issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pelosi met in person with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin Pyo and other senior members of the South Korean Parliament, after which she held a phone conference with President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was on vacation.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-asia-seoul-south-korea-nancy-pelosi-2aad0559845bf7b5f8c22ca74378db70\">discussed<\/a> the U.S.-Korea alliance, foreign policy, and other issues, but did not broach the issue of Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and South Korea have maintained a firm alliance since the Korean War in the 1950s, which was the last time U.S. forces fought communist China. Yoon took office in May with a vow to boost South Korea\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-military\">military<\/a> alliance with the United States against North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of China is now a touchy subject for South Korea, however, as the nations are key trading partners. South Korea has struggled to strike a balance between its relations with the United States and China as the Sino-American rivalry has deepened over the past several years.<\/p>\n<p> Taiwan Resolute Against CCP Aggression <\/p>\n<p>South Koreans have <a href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2022\/08\/south-koreans-question-president-yoons-decision-to-skip-meeting-with-pelosi\/\">questioned<\/a> Yoon\u2019s failure to meet Pelosi in person, as Pelosi is touring Asia and meeting leaders from Singapore, Malaysia, and Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The speaker\u2019s stop in South Korea, however, follows her highly-publicized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-amid-chinese-threats-of-military-violence_4637871.html\">visit<\/a> to Taiwan earlier in the week, which Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leaders used as a pretext to launch an aggressive and retaliatory series of economic, cyber, and military operations.<\/p>\n<p>In the days since, the CCP has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/7-11s-train-stations-cyber-attacks-plague-taiwan-over-pelosi-visit-2022-08-04\/\">launched<\/a> several cyber attacks against Taiwan, <a href=\"https:\/\/thebl.tv\/china\/taiwan-cross-strait-tension\/ccp-seeks-revenge-and-punishes-taiwans-economy-with-more-restrictions.html\">announced<\/a> hundreds of import bans, and effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4615993\">blockaded<\/a> the island with unprecedented military drills.<\/p>\n<p>The most escalatory action thus far, however, was the CCP\u2019s decision<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with political leadership in South Korea Thursday as part of her ongoing tour of Asia. Neither Pelosi\u2019s delegation nor Korean leadership commented on current heightened tensions with communist China over the issue of Taiwan. 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