The Tsushima strait, also known as the Eastern Channel of the Korea Strait, sits at a critical crossroads of Northeast Asia, which is home to some of the world’s largest economies, such as Japan, South Korea, and China. The 243-kilometre-long Tsushima Strait is a narrow waterway that connects South Korea and Japan, two key middle powers in the Indo-Pacific, and acts as a point of entry to the Sea of Japan, which some see as a strategic backdoor to Russia and China. It is a crucial maritime passage for all four countries and shipping routes connecting Asia to Europe pass through it,…
