The recent summit between US President Joe Biden and Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was, by most metrics, a solid success. The two men, one a seasoned politician and the other a newcomer, established a personal relationship, and revalidated and expanded the bilateral security alliance.;They even helped bring the concept of security into the 21st century, by putting economic security along side the unresolved and acute challenge of North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities and its defiance of the“rules-based order.” 
President Biden’s first trip to Asia was carefully choreographed to begin with the dynamic relationship with Seoul, now a global partnership based on shared values of democracy, economic prosperity and the power of technology. His next stop was Japan, where the security agenda is addressed in both the bilateral alliance and the minilateral Quad, involving Japan, Australia and India, but not Korea. That leg of the trip focused on showing solidarity among Asian states on the challenge from China, warning Beijing to avoid Russia’s strategic catastrophe by aggressive action on Taiwan.

Early readout of the summit

North Korea

Nuclear Dangers

Other Alliance Management Issues

Shortcomings of Governance

China