Authors: Joanne Lin|William Choong

Published: 18 Dec 2024

The political tides are going against the recently impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. This could adversely affect the trilateral security arrangement involving Japan, South Korea and the US.

The trilateral partnership between Japan, South Korea (ROK), and the US has progressed significantly since it was announced in August 2023. Today, the trilateral is wide-ranging – with cooperation in the economics, defence and technological spheres, fronted by messaging on promoting a rules-based regional order. However, with political ructions in South Korea and Japan, and the return of Donald Trump to the Oval Office, the trilateral is flying into some turbulence. This will have impact on Southeast Asia.

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