South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) chief Seok Jong-gun warned this week that Chinese sanctions targeting Hanwha Ocean’s US-based shipbuilding affiliates could eventually affect the US-Korea naval cooperation project known as MASGA (Make American Shipbuilding Great Again). During a National Assembly defense committee hearing Thursday, Seok acknowledged that while there is no immediate impact, the Chinese sanctions prohibiting Chinese entities from conducting business with Hanwha Philly Shipyard and Hanwha Shipping could eventually influence the critical bilateral shipbuilding initiative as