Friends of America are growing in Asia, problems for China

Now it's clear that Japan, India, South Korea, Pakistan, and Singapore are all in favour of America in Asia.by Swadesh RoyThe election and post-election policies of South Korea, a Southeast Asian country close to Beijing, concerned the White House.

The outgoing president of South Korea's ruling Liberal Party has spent the last five years trying to forge an alliance with North Korea and China. Furthermore, over the last five years, South Korea has done some worksdrawing on its past history with Japan, one of America's most important and powerful economic allies in Asia which detriment the Japan-South Korea relations.

Relations between Japan and South Korea have been strained as a result of a Korean court condemning the Japanese military's treatment of women as a comfort lady during World War II and the freezing of Japanese company assets due to discrimination against Korean workers. This had an impact on American foreign policy as well.

China, on the other hand, was in a much better position. That is why, the US State Department has been closely monitoring the election in South Korea for months.

Several senior officials from their foreign affairs department also paid a visit to South Korea. The fact that Moon Jae-in, the leader of the Liberal Party, was defeated by a razor-thin margin in the end, and Yoon Suk-Yeol, the leader of the Conservative Party, was victorious, puts a small smile on the lips of many in the White House.

Even back then, the US was looking forward to see if the new government's foreign policy moving in the right direction. Initially, South Korea's new president said in a gesture that those who help and aid North Korea in creating nuclear tensions are not considered as friends by South Korea.

After that, the White House was undoubtedly satisfied. Yeol has not yet been sworn in as President.

He will assume power on May 10. In the meantime, signs of change, such as the foreign ministry, have spread throughout the country. The first information that has come to light is a major event not only in Asian politics but also in global politics.

A senior Foreign Ministry official told the media on April 14 that his country would be an observer at the next Quad meeting. The United States, Japan, India, and Australia are now active members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or 'Quad,' an Indo-Pacific military and economic alliance.

South Korea is the first country from Southeast Asia and close to Beijing to be an observer at the Quad meeting...