South Korea's New Southern Policy as an Open Regime: A View from Southeast Asia

Aaron Jed Rabena ()
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Aaron Jed Rabena: University of the Philippines (UP) Korea Research Center (KRC), Postal: University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines 1101, https://upkrc.wordpress.com/

No 21-14, World Economy Brief from Korea Institute for International Economic Policy

Abstract: There are four ways on how the NSP Plus could be further improved. First, to avoid policy limitations and maximize the room for supply chain resiliency and functional cooperation, the coverage of the NSP countries can be expanded apart from ASEAN and India. Second, South Korea can employ the concept of Third-Party Market Cooperation (TPMC) or the pursuit of joint ventures or partnerships with other countries in maximizing capacity-building in third countries (NSP countries). Third, South Korea can help strengthen ASEAN institution-building, regionalism and internal balancing by applying a similar policy framework to the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) just as it does to the Mekong Region. Fourth, there needs to be more reciprocity or two-way interaction in the NSP so as to not make it seem that ASEAN is only on the receiving end of South Korean generosity. Finally, it is important to note that a change in the South Korean administration does not necessarily spell the end of the NSP just as the US' Pivot or Rebalance to Asia of the Obama Administration was remodeled to the Indo-Pacific under the Trump administration.

Keywords: South Korea; New Southern Policy; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; Indo-Pacific (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 5 pages
Date: 2021-03-31
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