The Yoon Seok-Yeol government announced ROK’s first-ever comprehensive regional strategy, “the Strategy for a Free, Peaceful and Prosperous Indo-Pacific Region” in December 2022. ROK needs to engage in close strategic communication and cooperation with major like-minded partners in the Indo-Pacific region in order to effectively carry out its Indo-Pacific strategy. How do the major partner countries assess ROK’s Indo-Pacific Strategy? What roles do they expect ROK to play in bolstering the rules-based order in the region? What are the priorities in ROK’s Indo-Pacific cooperation and coordination with like-minded partners? This session will examine and explore the ways in which ROK can best advance its national interests as well as contribute to stability and prosperity of the Indo-Pacific region.