The Yoon administration recently debuted its fleshed-out Indo-Pacific Strategy, inching closer to the U.S. while seeking to maintain good terms with China, and the new document has also largely replaced former President Moon Jae-in’s New Southern Policy (NSP) that sought closer relations with Southeast Asia and India.

Still, there is no question that the NSP has had a lasting legacy on South Korea’s foreign policy, and one of the policy’s biggest successes came in the form of improved ties with Cambodia. This provides an opportunity for the Yoon administration: If it presses ahead with the advantage it got from its predecessor, it can reap significant benefits from this improved relationship.