▲ COVID-19

COVID-19 has been one of the biggest issues all around the world. Because of COVID-19, many people are placed under home quarantine. In addition, students were not allowed to go to school. This virus changed not only people's daily routine but also many countries' economies. Moreover, the tourism industry and many stores were affected by the virus. As COVID-19 is spreading, people are throwing doubt to China which is the country where the virus was first found. When the virus was first known to people, China did not open the information about the virus. There was also doubts that China produced the virus. Because of this situation, many other countries are criticizing China about their behavior.

▲ Huawei

England, Germany, and Australia were supposed to use some of the products made from Huawei which is one of the biggest communication equipment and smartphone manufacturing companies for 5G businesses. However, after this situation, they decided to use the equipment of Samsung. In the case of the United States, the government enforced sanctions about Huawei on May 15, 2020. Because of this, many experts expected that it would be hard for Huawei to produce smartphones by themselves.

This conflict situation between the U.S. and China can give a lot of damages to South Korea. In reality, when the Korean government decided to deploy THAAD, U.S.'s missile defense system, China revenged to South Korea by making an unofficial law that bans South Korean culture in China. After this law was carried on, South Korea had much economic loss. Like this previous situation, South Korea can be in a similar situation.

The conflict situation between the U.S. and China can make South Korea in an ambiguous position. It is a matter of striking a diplomatic balance between China and the U.S.

May 23, 2020

by Kim Yerin