Another contention many US allies

Another contention many US allies—including South Korea—experience is the replication of the NATO model, a ‘5 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) standard’, in the Indo-Pacific, which implies earmarking 5 percent of the GDP on defence expenditure. The US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hegseth, reiterated the Trump administration’s position at the Shangri-La Dialogue, imploring Indo-Pacific allies to increase their defence spending. However, much like other US allies such as Japan, Korea has also pushed back and expressed its disagreement. In a press release, South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated, ‘[w]e seek to make our own decisions on defense spending based on a comprehensive assessment of the security situation and the government’s fiscal circumstances.’ ดูหนัง2025