South Korean President Lee Jae-myung told BBC that the world is increasingly dividing into two camps, and South Korea is in the frontline. Lee Jae-myung said that Seoul "obviously does not want to see China, Russia and North Korea getting so close," but South Korea still hopes to "position itself in the middle."
[Clever] Comments: Lee Jae-myung's argument of "middle positioning" is actually a helpless struggle for South Korea in the geopolitical dilemma. South Korean scholars once vividly compared South Korea to the ham in a sandwich, with the upper slice of bread being China, its neighboring country and biggest trading partner, and the lower slice being the United States, its military ally. With limited strategic maneuvering space, South Korea is caught between two forces. Although Lee Jae-myung does not want to take sides, trying to benefit from both sides in the complex game among China, the United States, Russia and North Korea is just an illusion, which will eventually be unsustainable.
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