Asian Insider Ep 57: Biden presidency a welcome change for Japan and South Korea

16:34 mins

Synopsis: Every Friday, The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh presents an Asian perspective of the week's global talking points with expert guests.

How would Joe Biden’s presidency affect Japan and South Korea? Correspondents Chang May Choon and Walter Sim tell Asian Insider what to expect with the change in Washington.

They discuss the following:

1. View from Seoul: US leadership change brings about new opportunities after 4 years of Trump (2:23)

2. South Korean President Moon tweets congratulations to Joe Biden (3:26)
3. View from Tokyo: Question marks over PM Suga’s foreign policy approach after Abe’s ‘personal diplomacy’ with Trump (6:00)
4. Japanese PM Suga tweets congratulations to Joe Biden (10:11)
5. Can US mediate historical issues between South Korea and Japan? (10:55)
6. What does Japan hope for from US-China relationship? (13:23)

Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg) & ST Video team

Edited by: ST Video team and Adam Azlee

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