What Seoul needs to do to become ASEAN`s reliable strategic partner
(WorldNews South Korea)

This is the last in a series of contributions on prospects of ASEAN-Korea relations in 2021. ― ED. By Choe Won-gi The inception in 2017 of the New Southern Policy (NSP), the signature foreign policy initiative of President Moon Jae-in, has opened a new chapter in Seoul`s relations with ASEAN. To date, it remains the most successful and active foreign policy initiative under his administration. While the COVID-19 pandemic posed serious obstacles for implementing the prior pledges of the NSP, Seoul nevertheless came up with a new implementation strategy, `NSP Plus,` which modified and updated previous programs of the NSP in order to meet ASEAN`s urgent needs to deal with the public health...