The Philippines and South Korea have a long history forged in blood.
Diplomatic relations between Manila and Seoul were established on March 3, 1949, when the Philippines became the fifth state to recognize the Republic of Korea. The strength of this relationship was tested during the Korean War when Manila deployed the Philippine Expeditionary Forces as part of the US-led United Nations forces that defended the Republic of Korea against the aggression of communist North Korea.
In November 2019, the Philippine Department of National Defense and the ROK’s arms procurement agency, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration , signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Defense Cooperation to streamline Manila’s acquisition of defense materials from Korean companies. Before he departed for the 43rd ASEAN summit in Jakarta, Marcos announced that he would push for a rules-based international order to prevent tensions in the South China Sea from spiraling into an armed conflict. He stated the Philippines’ concern over consistent actions that violate obligations under international law, including the 1982 United Nations Conventions of the Law of the Sea and the ASEAN-China Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea .
During the ROK-ASEAN summit, Yoon and his ASEAN counterparts adopted a joint statement on the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific as he noted the landscape for security cooperation between the ROK and ASEAN has expanded after Seoul adopted its new regional strategy called the Korea-ASEAN Solidarity Initiative in 2022.
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