The Republic of Korea announced its own Indo-Pacific Strategy, “The Strategy for a Free, Prosperous and Peaceful Indo-Pacific Region” in December 2022. The strategy is Seoul’s own comprehensive regional strategy aiming at expanding Korea’s regional role and engagement, thereby contributing to bolstering rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific. In this session, Korean and international experts will share their perspectives and insights, by providing critical assessment of the key elements of the Strategy as well as its implementation outcomes for the last 18 months, and discuss policy implications for the ways forward.