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South Korea Looks to Compete With China on Global Infrastructure
- Land minister says Seoul can leverage reliability, expertise
- Working with Poland, Czech Republic, Turkey on Ukraine aid
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South Korea is seeking to ramp up its global infrastructure sales by taking advantage of what it sees as frustration with China in Africa, while working with other nations to help reconstruct war-ravaged Ukraine.
“The worldwide population is growing at a very high speed and there are many construction needs,” Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Park Sang-woo said in an interview Tuesday. “Many nations lack the expertise and the money, so they need a partner.”