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South Korea under President Moon Jae In has rejected value-oriented diplomacy. A U.S.-South Korea summit on May 21 has led me to conclude so.
Refraining From Criticizing China by Name
First, China was not named in the U.S.-ROK leaders’ joint statement. In contrast, the U.S.-Japan leaders’ joint statement, released on April 16 during Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s visit to Washington, named China five times and directly criticized China two times.
“President Biden and Prime Minister Suga… shared their concerns over Chinese activities that are inconsistent with the international rules-based order, including the use of economic and other forms of coercion,” the U.S.-Japan statement said. “We reiterated our objections to China’s unlawful maritime claims and activities in the South China Sea,” it continued.
The Indo-Pacific focus of the Biden-Moon joint statement was notable.
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May 24, 2021
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The May 21 summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden represents a significant step forward, not just in strengthening the bilateral alliance, but in pulling South Korea further in alignment with the United States’ broader strategy for the Indo-Pacific region. Although Seoul is often caught in the middle when it comes to Beijing and Washington’s power plays in the region, the Biden administration has been increasingly successful at bringing South Korea closer to America’s side.
This was reflected in the careful wording of the summit’s joint statement, a large portion of which directly addressed issues concerning the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy. Early on, the statement explicitly mentions both countries’ common interests in the region: “The significance of the U.S.-ROK relationship extends far beyond the Korean Peninsula: it is groun
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In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, China and the Republic of Korea have made great progress in advancing bilateral relations
China and the Republic of Korea have maintained close communication on political issues over the past year, consolidating the foundation for their mutual trust.
The high-level exchanges and interactions have injected new momentum into their relations. Chinese President Xi Jinping had three telephone calls with his ROK counterpart Moon Jae-in to set the direction for bilateral relations. And Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress of China, held a video conference with the ROK s National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug to normalize the regular meetings between the legislative bodies of the two countries. The visit to the ROK by Yang Jiechi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of t