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that encompasses security, economic cooperation, personnel exchanges and   2)
                                                                                     The government is
               global leadership, the Moon administration will contribute to peace and stability   currently working toward
                                                                                     the Northeast Asia
               in Northeast Asia and peacefully resolve the North Korean nuclear issue by   Plus Community for
                                                                                     Responsibility Sharing to
               strengthening cooperative diplomacy with the surrounding countries. In addition,   foster favorable conditions
                                                                                     for peace and prosperity
               the Moon administration will widen the horizon of the country’s diplomacy and   in the surrounding areas   Chapter 2
               expand the foundation for peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula by pursuing   beyond the Korean
                                                                                     Peninsula and Northeast
               the New Northern Policy and New Southern Policy . It will work together with the   Asia. The New Southern
                                                        2)
                                                                                     Policy is a diplomatic
               international community to address transnational threats such as natural disasters,   policy that aims to
                                                                                     enhance amicable political,
               infectious diseases, drugs, and refugee issues. Moreover, the Moon administration   economic, cultural, and
                                                                                     personal cooperation
               will actively pursue international cooperation and contributive diplomacy to a degree   with 10 ASEAN members
                                                                                     and India to a level
               that befits the country’s national standing in areas such as public diplomacy, global   corresponding to the
                                                                                     cooperation with Korea’s
               economy, climate change and development cooperation.                  surrounding nations. The
                                                                                     New Northern Policy aims
                                                                                     to create a new growth
                                                                                     engine for the Korean
               Ensuring Public Safety and  The Moon administration will establish an   economy and pursue
               Protecting Their Rights     integrated disaster management system and   mutual prosperity by
                                                                                     linking the transportation,
                                           reinforce its on-site response capability to   logistics, and energy
                                                                                     infrastructure of Korea and
               enable responses to large-scale accidents and disasters at all times. It will enhance   Eurasian countries north
                                                                                     of the Korean Peninsula
               the national-level capability of the ROK against cyber-threats, terrorism and other   (Russia, China, Mongolia,
                                                                                     and Southeast Asian
               nonmilitary security threats, and strengthen the country’s protection system for   countries) while promoting
                                                                                     peace and stability in
               citizens living overseas to ensure that there are no shortfalls in protecting them.  the Eurasian continent
                                                                                     including the peninsula.






































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