A deal with the White House to help Trump revive US shipbuilding offers a risky route to expansion for South Korean yards. (...)

In glass-walled meeting rooms and laboratories in Bundang, just south of the capital Seoul, HD KSOE engineers and executives are racing to draw up a new technological blueprint for the company’s shipbuilding operations, part of an industry-wide effort to stay at least one step ahead of rivals. The vast complex, completed in 2022, serves as HD Hyundai’s global research, development and strategic nerve center for the conglomerate’s entire industrial network.

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South Korea’s $150 Billion Bet on Trump’s Shipbuilding Dream