ISAS Briefs

South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in visited India from 8 to 11 July 2018 to discuss ways to enhance the Korean-Indian relationship in trade, infrastructure, culture, science and defence with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Moon government has sought international support for its blueprint for sustainable peace in the Korean Peninsula, especially from countries such as China, Japan, Russia and the United States. India, which had adopted a non-alignment policy towards the Korean Peninsula conflict, recently expressed its support for North Korea’s denuclearisation. The Moon government also seeks security cooperation with New Delhi through its ‘New Southern Policy’, which resonates with Modi’s ‘Act-East’ policy. This paper examines the implications of the Moon-Modi meeting and the Moon government’s efforts to build a new regional order in the Asia-Pacific region.