The Yoon Seok-yeol administration specified “strategic globalization” by linking NATO and Canada to the U.S. and Japan’s humanitarian strategy based on “regulation of free rule of law and establishment of a rule-based order” against China’s principles of international law as a humanitarian strategy.
At the presentation of the final report of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's Indo-Pacific regional diplomacy strategy (Indo-Pacific Strategy) on the 28th, Director Kim Seong-han said, "It is a comprehensive regional strategy aimed at a global pivotal state in the Indo-Pacific region and implementing national interests."
The 37-page report puts “strengthening the international order based on universal values such as freedom and human rights” in the three major visions of “freedom, peace and prosperity” and the three major cooperation principles of “inclusiveness, trust and reciprocity” and connects them to the US strategy, while advocating “international norms and mutual benefit” for China. Based on the rules, we pursue common interests based on mutual respect and reciprocity.”
Director Kim said on the day, “The government wants to protect universal values, including freedom, democracy, rule of law, and human rights, and strengthen rule-based order.” ”he said.
On the 28th, Foreign Minister Jin Park’s announcement of the diplomatic corps in Korea referred to the ‘Indo-Pacific Strategy of Freedom, Peace and Prosperity’ as “the first comprehensive regional strategy, a watershed in the history of Korea’s foreign policy, and the diplomatic doctrine of the government of Yoon Seok-yeol.” It expanded to Southeast Asia/ASEAN, South Asia, Oceania, Indian Ocean Coast Africa, and Europe/Latin America.
A NATO official said on the 28th, “South Korea is NATO’s most active and valuable partner. We are developing political dialogue and practical cooperation in various fields, including disaster response,” he told Voice of America (VOA) in a commentary welcoming the Yoon administration’s humanitarian strategy.
NATO is a collective defense organization founded in 1949 to counter the Eastern European socialist countries centered on the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. Led by the United States, 30 countries, including Canada and a number of Western European countries, are formal members, and Indo-Pacific countries such as Korea, Japan, and Australia are members. is a partner country.
The Yoon Seok-yeol administration set up a South Korean mission to NATO in September, and NATO announced its security cooperation with South Korea, saying, “According to the newly adopted strategic concept, we have agreed to strengthen security cooperation with our partners in the Indo-Pacific region.”
On the 29th, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to VOA's inquiry into the Korea Indo-Pacific Strategy, saying, "Congratulations on Korea's announcement of the Indo-Pacific Strategy, an ambitious vision for a free, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific. Our approaches are congruent and complementary.” stated that the
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said on Twitter on the 28th, "We look forward to working with Korea to advance our common interests in a stable, peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific."
The humanitarian strategy was first advocated by former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
At the ASEAN-Korea Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the 11th of last month, President Yoon presented the three visions of “freedom, peace and prosperity” as the basic values of the Humanitarian Strategy.
The Yoon government formalized the establishment of the humanitarian strategy from the Korea-US summit on May 21st.
The 9 key tasks of the Humanitarian Strategy Report released on the 28th are 'establishing order based on norms and rules and cooperation in promoting the rule of law and human rights', strengthening cooperation on non-proliferation and counter-terrorism, expanding cooperation on comprehensive security, expanding economic security networks, and cutting-edge science and technology. Strengthening sectoral cooperation and contributing to narrowing the regional digital divide, leading regional cooperation on climate change and energy security, actively contributing diplomacy through customized development cooperation partnership promotion, and promoting mutual understanding and cultural people-to-people exchanges were listed.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Russian Ambassador to China Igor Morgulov on November 27, “China and Russia promote a pluralistic world and do not recognize a single hegemony. We defend the international system with the United Nations at its core and the international order based on international law, and do not recognize strong-power politics.”
In response, Ambassador Morgulov said, “I hope to deepen cooperation with China in all directions and take the comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries to a new level.” We will jointly safeguard the international order based on the
Dmitry Medvedev, vice chairman of the Russian National Security Council, held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on the 21st and released a video.
Vice-Chairman Medvedev, who served as Russian president, released a video of President Xi's meeting on Telegram that day and said, "China and Russia, as great power neighbors, constantly promote mutual strategic trust and practical cooperation, deepen the two countries' comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, and work together in international fairness and justice." I will protect it,” he said.
From this day (21st), the Russian and Chinese military conducted a joint flight over Korea's KADIZ (Korea Air Defense Identification Zone) to the vicinity of Dokdo in the annual joint maritime exercise with ships and military aircraft for a week against the background of the Korean Peninsula and the East China Sea.
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense announced on the 20th that the US F-22 stealth fighter 'Raptor' and the strategic bomber B-52 held a ROK-US combined air force training in the area of the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) southwest of Jeju Island.
The U.S. Pacific Air Force Command said on the 23rd, "Two B-52Hs from Barksdale Air Base, Louisiana, arrived at Andersen Base, Guam on the 18th, and returned, and carried out missions to support the bomber task force in the Indo-Pacific Command operating area for three days." announced.