U.S. President Donald Trump has once again mentioned South Korea and Japan in connection with the Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

Speaking to reporters at the White House on the 2nd local time, President Trump said, "You have Japan, you have South Korea. All these people are going to Alaska to load up with fuel, load up with oil, build a pipeline, and all the rest of it."

President Trump's remarks came as he stated that he would "go to Alaska" to support Republican Senator Dan Sullivan, who is running for a third term in the state's U.S. Senate race.

Senator Sullivan recently advanced through the primary election alongside Democratic candidate Mary Peltola.

The two will face off in a runoff conducted under a ranked-choice voting system, with U.S. media anticipating a tight race.

"Dan Sullivan has been a great senator," President Trump said, adding, "Nobody has helped Alaska more than Donald Trump. We invested billions of dollars and created trillions of dollars in value," before abruptly mentioning South Korea and Japan "going to Alaska."

President Trump's remarks appear to refer to the "Alaska pipeline project to export natural gas to Asia" that he announced on January 20 while introducing trade agreements between the U.S. and the two countries.

At the time, after mentioning the project, President Trump emphasized, "By striking trade deals with South Korea and Japan, we secured an unprecedented level of funds."

This was an explanation of the trade agreements with the U.S. under which mutual tariffs were lowered from 25% to 15%, while South Korea pledged to fulfill $350 billion and Japan $550 billion in investments in the U.S.

The Alaska LNG project is one of President Trump's core policy initiatives, and the Trump administration has repeatedly raised the possibility of channeling South Korean and Japanese investment funds into it.

The project involves extracting natural gas from the North Slope region of Alaska, building a new pipeline stretching approximately 1,300 kilometers to transport it to Nikiski, an ice-free port near Anchorage, where it would be liquefied and supplied to destination markets.

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