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Analysis South Korea in danger of strategic eclipse as US and Japan redraw security mapTokyo’s proposal for new East Asia theater structure risks eroding ROK relevance without active presidential leadership Japan’s reported proposal to merge the Korean Peninsula, East China Sea and South China Sea into a single operational theater with the U.S. military, combined with the Pentagon’s quiet upgrade of U.S. Forces Japan (USFJ) into a joint warfighting command, risks locking South Korea out of the region’s emerging security architecture at a moment when Seoul is politically unprepared to respond. With former President Yoon Suk-yeol removed from officeand Acting President Han Duck-soo serving in a limited caretaker capacity ahead of the June 3 snap election, key decisions shaping the future of South Korea’s defense posture are being made © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |





