What Are South Korea’s Relationships Like With Its Neighbors?
For most of its history, South Korea has kept its diplomacy focused predominately on major powers around the Korean Peninsula. China, Japan, Russia, and the United States have an outsized impact on South Korea given their proximity, global economic and strategic influence, and integral role in South Korea’s most pressing foreign policy and security challenges, like inter-Korean peace.
However, as U.S.-China frictions intensify, South Korea is increasingly concerned about being entangled in great power competition. This has…
