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Let's take a look at how the neighboring countries view the results of the Korean presidential election.

As mentioned earlier, President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol had a phone call with US President Biden for the first time.

First, let's go to Washington, USA.



Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung, shortly after the results came out, President Biden had a phone call. What does this mean?



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It can be seen that both the timing and content of the call have meaning.



When President Biden called from the White House, it was around 8:00 p.m. here at the end of the day.



It was only five hours after the announcement of the first position of President-elect Yoon.



It is analyzed as an intention to show off the strong cooperation with South Korea in the context of massive international sanctions against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.



President Biden also mentioned the supply chain problem as a global challenge during a phone call with President-elect Yoon.



It is that Korea's help is desperately needed to expand the supply of semiconductors, which shows no sign of being resolved.



A few hours before the call, President Biden called in electronic companies such as Samsung Electronics to directly emphasize the importance of supplying semiconductors.



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The top priority of US foreign policy is to contain China. Is there anything the US expects from President-elect Yoon in that regard?



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American media are analyzing that the election of Yoon Seok-yeol will allow South Korea and the United States to cooperate more in China's containment.



The Wall Street Journal wrote that Seoul and Washington were an opportunity to create a closer security nexus, and further analyzed South Korea's election results as an opportunity for the US Indo-Pacific strategy.



In particular, the American media are paying attention to the fact that President-elect Yoon has expressed his intention to participate in Quad, a consultative body that is designed to contain China.



At the end of May, President Biden is expected to stop by Korea while visiting Japan for the Quad Summit.



(Video coverage: Oh Jeong-sik, Video editing: Kim Byung-jik)