South Korea’s Nuclear Development Assistance in Southeast Asia: The Implications and Challenges of the Security Environment in the 21st Century
Author: Lisa He
Region: Asia
Theme: Security
Location: Korea, South, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Published April 2, 2012
Download PDFSince the advent of the Nuclear Age, the terrifying prospect of an accidental nuclear explosion raises grave security concerns. This issue remains under-examined in Asia, even though there is an unprecedented growth in nuclear generating capacity in China, Japan, South Korea, and India. With Southeast Asia in its backyard, these Asian nuclear powers have increasingly ubiquitous influence in shaping the sub-region’s security environment.