Korea and Taiwan introduced high-speed rail around the same time (2004, 2007).
Korea developed KTX with technology transfer from France’s high-speed railway TGV.
Taiwan purchased the entire Shinkansen vehicle from Japan (in the early days of introduction, Japan did not transfer technology, so for heavy maintenance, it was loaded on a ship and sent to Japan).
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Korea is not only developing its own high-speed rail vehicles, but is also exporting them to Uzbekistan.
Taiwan is still unable to develop its own high-speed rail vehicles and is purchasing entire Shinkansen vehicles from Japan.
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