S Korea, Japan, U.S. leaders renew pledge to cooperate on regional challenges

As long as the Russia-China alliance continues, one can expect the US-JPN-SK one to do so as well, even with a change in leaders as we go forward.

one can expect the US-JPN-SK one to do so as well, even with a change in leaders as we go forward.

Just about as insignificant as quad. Another hare-brained scheme which is all talk.

@OssanAmerica

As long as the Russia-China alliance continues, one can expect the US-JPN-SK one to do so as well, even with a change in leaders as we go forward.

US : Biden is gone after January 2025, there is no guarantee that Harris's foreign policy will be same as Biden's, or Trump's.

Japan : Kishida's gone after September.

Korea : Yoon is politically comatose and is waiting to be replaced by the most anti-Japan Korean president in history, Lee Jae Myong.

Great to see. Yoon has been a breath of fresh air after the disastrous Moon, but the true test will come with his successor and beyond.

China's aggression has brought the free countries of the Indo-Pacific together like never before, just as Russia's aggression has brought Europe together.

Pukey2Today 06:53 pm JST

Just about as insignificant as quad. Another hare-brained scheme which is all talk.

If that were true, China likely wouldn't cry about it so much. Instead, the "sea foam" that Wang Yi said would dissipate is still very much with us, and will no doubt grow with Japan and others joining Pillar II.

Samit BasuToday 08:35 pm JST

Korea : Yoon is politically comatose and is waiting to be replaced by the most anti-Japan Korean president in history, Lee Jae Myong.

1) Despite the lack of majority, Yoon is certainly not "politically comatose" in foreign policy, which is what the article is talking about

2) You phrase it (purposely) as if Lee taking over is a done deal. It isn't: it's up to the electorate. It also depends on whether Lee can stay out of jail, which is debatable given all his corruption issues

Japan and others joining Pillar II.

Sorry, am talking about AUKUS there, not the Quad.

@isabelle

1) Despite the lack of majority, Yoon is certainly not "politically comatose" in foreign policy,

Which will be thrown out on the day Yoon's gone.

2) You phrase it (purposely) as if Lee taking over is a done deal.

It is a done deal. There is an immense public hatred of Yoon and the conservatives by voters right now. Yoon's miraculous 0.7% victory margin engineered by a Harvard Computer Science graduated politician in his 30s is gone, He now leads the anti-Yoon coalition whose primary objective is to get rid of Yoon ASAP to save the country.

Yoon has damaged the conservatives so much it's now on the path to extinction, they have been losing every election for 2 years now and the conservatives are literally a fringe regional party whose job is to protest and boycott the parliament. Lee Jae Myong's ascendancy to presidency is a given, nothing can stop it now.

Samit BasuToday 09:55 pm JST

Which will be thrown out on the day Yoon's gone.

No, it will depend entirely on who is voted in. You cannot predict the future, so your assertion is nonsense.

Lee Jae Myong's ascendancy to presidency is a given, nothing can stop it now.

The next general election is not until 2027, and anything can happen. You cannot predict the future, so your assertion is nonsense.

Asians, don't fall in the dirty trickc of US..

TokyoLivingToday 02:11 am JST

Asians, don't fall in the dirty trickc of US..

Instead just be meekly subservient of Peking?

@isabelle

No, it will depend entirely on who is voted in. 

There is no depend, it's Lee 100%, it's not even 99%, but 100%. There is no other possibility this time.

There is a greater possibility of Kim Jong Un taking over Seoul than conservatives winning the next presidential election, the conservatives are thoroughly destroyed by Yoon.

Hey look, it's the alliance of sub-30 percent approval ratings leaders. Yoon has been as "successful" as Kishida. 'nuff said and the sooner out the door the better for the Korean people.

Kishida gone, Biden gone,