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Symbolic cooperation, but not a wise move by the Moon Admin if it wants to preserve and expand ROK autonomy vis-à-vis regional Great Powers.
Still, some hopeful signs ahead.
Quick Thread. https://twitter.com/fravel/status/1327238164776415232
Still, some hopeful signs ahead.
Quick Thread. https://twitter.com/fravel/status/1327238164776415232
It won’t resolve this issue and if anything, will likely limit ROK ability to patrol its own waters with a PRC minder watching. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-china-fishingboats-idUSKBN1EE0ZH
Unlikely to make these expulsions less violent when they do happen. http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20200104000044
Unlikely to be reciprocated by the PRC when it comes to travel and quarantines rules: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/11/12/2020111200758.html
As well as ever worsening air pollution emanating from the PRC that now blankets significant parts of the Korean peninsula. http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/11/11/2020111100785.html
Although all eyes are on RCEP this weekend and I expect the usual breathless speculation about expanding regional dominance of the PRC, if not dubious historical analogies on Korea being a Chinese tributary/client state... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3109438/china-and-14-other-nations-ready-sign-rcep-worlds-largest
There are some hopeful signs in Northeast Asia for repairing relations between the ROK and Japan, grounds for cautious optimism: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20201113000630
And of course US-ROK relations as the “linchpin” for security and prosperity in not only Northeast Asia, but the Indo-Pacific: https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2020/11/12/national/politics/Joe-Biden-Moon-Jaein-alliance/20201112183500443.html
However, ROK and Moon’s “New Southern Policy Plus” is something to keep an eye on: http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_international/969902.html
Toward improving relations between ROK-ASEAN and ‘Mekong River States.’ The economic and increasing security interests, and cultural power of the ROK among SE Asian states deserves more focus and consideration.
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