South Korea as a Torchbearer of Liberal Democracy
► [Korea's] past and recent democratization movements serve as instructional reference points for citizens in the Global South who aspire to democratize their own countries.
► A key partnership nexus is forming via the trilateral cooperation between South Korea, Japan, and the United States.
► South Korea, along with its democratic allies, must devise effective democratic engagement with the Global South by offering material incentives to encourage democratic governance.