While such efforts are on the rise, we may still ask, what is exactly the South Korean government's vision and strategy toward Asean? Recognising this, there is no doubt that South Korea is gearing up to take the Asean-Korea relations to another level. For peace in East Asia, Asean and South Korea need to work together on both traditional and non-traditional security issues. Third, for Asean- South Korea relations to be long-lasting, it must be mutually beneficial. The economies of Asean and South Korea are complementary, and they are already partners that need and want each other.

Source: The China Post September 01, 2017 08:48 UTC