► Southeast Asia has high stakes in the development of relations with South Korea under the new Yoon administration. ► A key question on some regional minds will be on whether Yoon will be able to keep the focus on Southeast Asia for its own sake even as the administration develops a wider approach to security issues like the U.S.-South Korea alliance, China’s assertiveness and North Korea. ...

► The Yoon administration aims to establish a mutually beneficial ROK-ASEAN relationship not only by enhancing cooperation in a reciprocal and pragmatic manner, but also by supporting the norms- and rules-based order through expanding multilateral and minilateral networks. ► The new ROK administration may bolster the momentum generated so far in ROK-ASEAN cooperation to further improve relations...