South Korea's Indo-Pacific Strategy: a new era of regional engagement

What does South Korea see as its role in the Indo-Pacific? 

How does it view the nuclear threat from North Korea?

And what are the opportunities that the Australia-Korea relationship presents for regional security and stability? 

In this episode of the National Security Podcast, Dr Go Myong-Hyun and Dr Lee Jaehyon from the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, join Professor Rory Medcalf to discuss South Korea's Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for regional security and stability. 

Dr Go Myong-Hyun is a research fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. 

Dr Lee Jaehyon is a research fellow and director of the Center for ASEAN and Oceanian Studies at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.  

Professor Rory Medcalf AM is Head of the ANU National Security College. His professional experience spans more than three decades across diplomacy, intelligence analysis, think tanks, journalism and academia. 

Show notes: 

• Asan Institute for Policy Studies 
• Strategy for a Free, Peaceful, and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
• ANU National Security College academic programs: find out more 

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