Seoul: Joe Biden Asia may have a new friend, with South Korea’s president-elect preparing to resume a foreign policy that more closely aligns with the US president’s views on China.
radical eun suk-yolThis week’s election victory comes at the right time for Biden, who is trying to unite allies to counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s assertiveness over the disputed region. North KoreaTests of long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. Outgoing President Moon Jae-in’s feud with Japan and attempts to court China have thwarted US efforts to forge a stronger alliance in Asia.
Yun and his conservative People’s Power Party signaled a tough line against Beijing and Pyongyang throughout their campaign. The former top prosecutor and foreign policy novice vowed Thursday to ensure that South Korea’s “rebirth” is an “important country that contributes to freedom, peace and prosperity.”
To this end, Yoon said he would improve relations with the US by participating in America’s new supply chain initiative and strengthening its military and economic cooperation with Washington. In a phone call with Yoon shortly after confirming his victory on Thursday, Biden cited threats posed by the pandemic, the supply chain and North Korea’s weapons program as potential areas of cooperation.
“The conservative victory in Seoul bodes well for the US coalition system – not only with respect to the DPRK, but also in balancing China,” Rory Medcalf, head of the College of National Security at the Australian National University, wrote in a Bloomberg online question. Session. He referred to North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The US was preparing new penalties against North Korea after it was determined that Kim Jong Un’s regime used a pair of recent missile launches to test systems for a new intercontinental ballistic missile project under development. . The sanctions will be aimed at further stifling North Korea’s purchases of foreign technologies, a senior Biden administration official told reporters, without providing further details.
Moon largely avoided a stance that would rank China as South Korea’s biggest trading partner, as part of his long-standing goal of improving relations with North Korea. After taking office, he pressured the Biden administration to support his plan to declare an end to the 1950–1953 Korean War – a move that would require Pyongyang to accept a peace deal only after it had ended. This could be seen as running against Washington’s long-term policy. nuclear weapons program.
During the campaign, Yoon stated that he would support a preemptive strike if North Korea posed an immediate threat and asked for a new deployment of a US-made missile interceptor system known as THAAD. China had previously banned the sale of group tour packages and the presence of Korean celebrities on television shows in unofficial retaliation for THAAD’s deployment in Seoul.
A test for Yoon will be whether he increases joint military exercises with the US which has been strongly criticized by North Korea. The exercise was cut short during the Trump administration as Moon sought to facilitate talks with Kim.
‘In one place’
It also has the task of improving relations with Japan. The two countries often clashed over long-standing issues stemming from Japan’s colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910–1945, which hindered cooperation with the US in coordinating policy on North Korea.
Yun is a political newcomer and little is yet known about his foreign policy, said Rui Matsukawa, an MP for Japan’s conservative ruling party and a former diplomat who spent part of his career in Seoul.
“But at least it is a change in administration from a leftist government to a conservative one,” she said in an interview. “I have positive expectations, because I think we’re all in the same place on our approach to China and North Korea.” Another question is whether Yun will prompt South Korea to join the “quad” group that includes Australia, Japan, India and the US, which seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. The group has been penalized by China as a “detour” that could spark a new Cold War.
China’s ambassador to Seoul appears before journalists and delivers President’s message Xi Jinping Yoon on Friday. Xi said in the message that he wanted to improve strategic relations with South Korea and maintain stable relations.
Yoon also spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the phone on Friday, where they agreed to work together on regional threats posed by North Korea. The Japanese Prime Minister’s Office said that Kishida told Yoon that their bilateral relationship was “indispensable for realizing a rules-based international order and ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.”
Biden was the first world leader to congratulate Yoon on Thursday, who pledged to cooperate on supply chains and threats posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.
nuclear weapon
Yun, who is set to take office on May 10, has distanced himself from some conservatives who want the US to redeploy US strategic nuclear weapons – or even South Korea. developed his own.
More than half of South Koreans support the acquisition of nuclear weapons through indigenous development or the deployment of US nuclear assets in South Korea, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs report last month.
According to Cha Du-hyogan, who served as security adviser to former conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the Yoon government will participate in multilateral security platforms and seek a greater role in regional security.
“South Korea is most likely to conduct a full-scale joint military exercise with the US, and also aligns with Biden and other countries’ stances on human rights issues,” Cha said.
radical eun suk-yolThis week’s election victory comes at the right time for Biden, who is trying to unite allies to counter Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s assertiveness over the disputed region. North KoreaTests of long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. Outgoing President Moon Jae-in’s feud with Japan and attempts to court China have thwarted US efforts to forge a stronger alliance in Asia.
Yun and his conservative People’s Power Party signaled a tough line against Beijing and Pyongyang throughout their campaign. The former top prosecutor and foreign policy novice vowed Thursday to ensure that South Korea’s “rebirth” is an “important country that contributes to freedom, peace and prosperity.”
To this end, Yoon said he would improve relations with the US by participating in America’s new supply chain initiative and strengthening its military and economic cooperation with Washington. In a phone call with Yoon shortly after confirming his victory on Thursday, Biden cited threats posed by the pandemic, the supply chain and North Korea’s weapons program as potential areas of cooperation.
“The conservative victory in Seoul bodes well for the US coalition system – not only with respect to the DPRK, but also in balancing China,” Rory Medcalf, head of the College of National Security at the Australian National University, wrote in a Bloomberg online question. Session. He referred to North Korea by its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The US was preparing new penalties against North Korea after it was determined that Kim Jong Un’s regime used a pair of recent missile launches to test systems for a new intercontinental ballistic missile project under development. . The sanctions will be aimed at further stifling North Korea’s purchases of foreign technologies, a senior Biden administration official told reporters, without providing further details.
Moon largely avoided a stance that would rank China as South Korea’s biggest trading partner, as part of his long-standing goal of improving relations with North Korea. After taking office, he pressured the Biden administration to support his plan to declare an end to the 1950–1953 Korean War – a move that would require Pyongyang to accept a peace deal only after it had ended. This could be seen as running against Washington’s long-term policy. nuclear weapons program.
During the campaign, Yoon stated that he would support a preemptive strike if North Korea posed an immediate threat and asked for a new deployment of a US-made missile interceptor system known as THAAD. China had previously banned the sale of group tour packages and the presence of Korean celebrities on television shows in unofficial retaliation for THAAD’s deployment in Seoul.
A test for Yoon will be whether he increases joint military exercises with the US which has been strongly criticized by North Korea. The exercise was cut short during the Trump administration as Moon sought to facilitate talks with Kim.
‘In one place’
It also has the task of improving relations with Japan. The two countries often clashed over long-standing issues stemming from Japan’s colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula from 1910–1945, which hindered cooperation with the US in coordinating policy on North Korea.
Yun is a political newcomer and little is yet known about his foreign policy, said Rui Matsukawa, an MP for Japan’s conservative ruling party and a former diplomat who spent part of his career in Seoul.
“But at least it is a change in administration from a leftist government to a conservative one,” she said in an interview. “I have positive expectations, because I think we’re all in the same place on our approach to China and North Korea.” Another question is whether Yun will prompt South Korea to join the “quad” group that includes Australia, Japan, India and the US, which seeks to counter an increasingly assertive China in the Indo-Pacific. The group has been penalized by China as a “detour” that could spark a new Cold War.
China’s ambassador to Seoul appears before journalists and delivers President’s message Xi Jinping Yoon on Friday. Xi said in the message that he wanted to improve strategic relations with South Korea and maintain stable relations.
Yoon also spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida over the phone on Friday, where they agreed to work together on regional threats posed by North Korea. The Japanese Prime Minister’s Office said that Kishida told Yoon that their bilateral relationship was “indispensable for realizing a rules-based international order and ensuring peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world.”
Biden was the first world leader to congratulate Yoon on Thursday, who pledged to cooperate on supply chains and threats posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs.
nuclear weapon
Yun, who is set to take office on May 10, has distanced himself from some conservatives who want the US to redeploy US strategic nuclear weapons – or even South Korea. developed his own.
More than half of South Koreans support the acquisition of nuclear weapons through indigenous development or the deployment of US nuclear assets in South Korea, according to a Chicago Council on Global Affairs report last month.
According to Cha Du-hyogan, who served as security adviser to former conservative South Korean President Lee Myung-bak, the Yoon government will participate in multilateral security platforms and seek a greater role in regional security.
“South Korea is most likely to conduct a full-scale joint military exercise with the US, and also aligns with Biden and other countries’ stances on human rights issues,” Cha said.