South Korea’s maritime challenges : between a rock and a hard base

South Korea’s navy faces major domestic as well as external challenges - not only from North Korea. While domestic opposition still overhangs the construction of a new base on Jeju island, Seoul-Beijing diplomatic strains are meanwhile playing out in a lesser known East China Sea boundary dispute.

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Main Author: Euan, Graham
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Format: Commentary
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94892
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7925
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:South Korea’s navy faces major domestic as well as external challenges - not only from North Korea. While domestic opposition still overhangs the construction of a new base on Jeju island, Seoul-Beijing diplomatic strains are meanwhile playing out in a lesser known East China Sea boundary dispute.