President Sung, Visiting Laos at “Odd Time”
On September 5, 2019, Dalian, South Korea, reported on the excursion of President Moon Jae-in, with the headline “Bun ’s visit to Laos at a strange time… what is a strategic message?” According to the article, as tensions over the situation in Northeast Asia increased, President Bun visited Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos and revealed his intention to strengthen cooperation between nations. Last year, the Korean government raised its relationship with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the level of the four major countries (Japan, US, China, and Russia) around the Korean peninsula to disperse the risks of diplomatic and trade dependence and the US-China dispute. He indicated his willingness to promote the “New Southern Policy”. In particular, the article states that ASEAN countries are "similar to South Korea" in that they are under pressure from both sides, such as ASEAN countries relying on the US for diplomacy and security, while the economy depends on China. Experts say that Korea and ASEAN, which have similar strategic interests, will unite to counter the pressures of the powers and brake the unilateral actions of the powers. However, as Japan's export regulations and the accompanying decision to terminate the Comprehensive Military Information Protection Agreement (GSOMIA) accelerate the collapsing of Japan-US-Korea cooperation, visits to Myanmar and Laos, China's core partners, Concerns about giving an "incorrect signal" have also been raised, and there are a series of concerns that it can be regarded as a signal that leaves Japan-US-Korea cooperation and leans toward the block of North-Russia totalism. In response to this, on the Korean network, there were a series of accusations, such as “I do not know the world situation”, “Someone went to sightseeing (laughs)” ) ”Was an ironic comment. Some say, “Impact is the answer,” “If you resign, you will be paid a good price.” * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://www.recordchina.co.jp/b638099-s0-c10-d0127.html document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);