▶ Yoon's Liberal Values Diplomacy: President Yoon emphasizes a diplomatic policy rooted in liberal values, highlighted by the Spirit of Camp David agreement with the U.S. and Japan. ▶ Adapting to Global Challenges: Despite crises and anti-globalization sentiments, South Korea aims to secure international leadership through liberal value diplomacy as the liberal international order evolves. ▶&nbs...

▶ President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea emerges as a stalwart defender of democracy and human rights in the face of resurgent authoritarianism and technological challenges. ▶ Yoon's bold political activism on the global stage focuses on leveraging South Korea's technological prowess and democratic achievements to promote international norms and governance. ▶ Through a blend of hard power a...

► President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea seems to be facing challenges in managing domestic political divisions, yet he has undertaken several decisive actions, in collaboration with other democratic nations including Japan, to bolster and safeguard a global order rooted in liberal values. ► President Yoon Suk Yeol committed himself strongly to collaborating with the EU and NATO following the Ru...

► It is remarkable that South Korea was chosen to be the first host of the Summit for Democracy outside the US, it is not encouraging that South Korea is being put into categories of ‘re-autocratization’ along with Myanmar and Indonesia by the V-Dem. ► In the last few decades when an oxymoron of ‘illiberal democracy’ has gained ground in other parts of the world, South Korea has strongly rejected the i...

▶ Does the World need a liberal democratic torchbearer? Is South Korea willing and capable enough to serve as a torchbearer? If then, how? ▶ South Korea as a robust strong country should make value-oriented diplomacy consolidated by linking it with its grand strategy, leading it to be more polished and institutionalized. This linking process matters because it can offset the vulnerability of value-oriented di...

► [Korea's] past and recent democratization movements serve as instructional reference points for citizens in the Global South who aspire to democratize their own countries. ► A key partnership nexus is forming via the trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan, and the United States. ► South Korea, along with its democratic allies, must devise effective democratic engagement with t...