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South Korea’s Quest for Deeper Partnerships in Southeast Asia and India

Tue. October 19th, 2021
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Under the New Southern Policy, the Moon Jae-in administration has made strengthening ties with ASEAN and India a top priority in order to mitigate the risks and uncertainties posed by great power competition. But how successful has this policy been? And as the imperatives behind this strategy become only more essential, how can South Korea sustain momentum in the final year of Moon’s presidency and beyond? 

Join Wongi Choe, Chiew-Ping Hoo, Jagannath Panda, Andrew Yeo, and Kathryn Botto for a conversation on South Korea’s relationship with Southeast Asia and India and a preview of Botto’s new paper, “Korea Beyond Northeast Asia: How Seoul is Deepening Ties with India and ASEAN.”

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Kathryn Botto

Senior Research Analyst, Asia Program

Kathryn Botto was a senior research analyst in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on Asian security issues, with particular emphasis on the Korean Peninsula and U.S. defense policy towards East Asia.

Wongi Choe

Wongi Choe is a professor and the head of the Center for ASEAN–India Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) in Seoul.

Chiew-Ping Hoo

Chiew-Ping Hoo is a senior lecturer in the Strategic Studies and International Relations Program at the National University of Malaysia.

Jagannath P. Panda

Jagannath Panda is a research fellow and coordinator of the East Asia Center at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi.

Andrew Yeo

Andrew Yeo is a professor of politics and director of Asian studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at the Brookings Institution.