[joglynne]

South Korea as an economically developed, technologically advanced, democratic country is a Global Pivotal Power and President Yoon has to ensure that he has sufficient political powers to balance South Korea's position between North Korea with it's close link to Russia, the West and the the Asian Alliance. There has been a USA (USFK) military presence near the border of North and South Korea since 1957.

The links that are being built with Japan, a part of the Asian Alliance, have caused problems as the Democratic Party (DP) remains highly critical of Yoon’s Japan policy as the atrocities carried out by Japan against Korea in WW2 are still an open wound.