April 1, 2019

SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - For many Koreans, attention will turn toward Vietnam as President Moon Jae In implements his New Southern Policy (NSP) targeting Asean countries and India, given the substantial economic relations between Vietnam and Korea, the success of the Vietnamese national football team led by Korean coach Park Hang Seo, and the Hanoi summit between North Korea and the United States.

But one should not forget that the NSP was first unveiled in Indonesia in 2017.

Under the leadership of Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, the president of Indonesia, Indonesian foreign policy has echoed the noble ideas of the NSP.

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