{"id":1258373,"date":"2023-10-10T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/therealnews.com\/?p=302564"},"modified":"2023-10-10T15:12:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T15:12:03","slug":"asian-nato-brought-to-you-by-south-korean-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/10\/10\/asian-nato-brought-to-you-by-south-korean-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Asian NATO\u2019: Brought to you by South Korean repression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
While largely unnoticed by the US public, the trilateral summit between Japan, South Korea, and the US that took place at Camp David this August sent shockwaves throughout East Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
US President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio punctuated the end of the three-day summit by releasing a joint declaration<\/a> rife with the kinds of diplomatic ambiguities and appeals to vague principles typical of this sort of affair. The three leaders pledged their support for a \u201cfree and open Indo-Pacific,\u201d for an international \u201crules-based order,\u201d and for \u201cpeace and stability\u201d around the world. But, of course, the historic significance of the summit had less to do with the rhetoric and more to do with the concrete commitments made by the three governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n