Park Geun-hye's Adjustment Of Foreign Policy During Her Reign And Its Influence

Park Geun-hye is the first female president in Korean history.After Park Geun-hye took office,she adjusted the North's foreign policy and China's policy towards China during the period of the Lee Myung-bak government and promoted “balanced diplomacy”and “confidential diplomacy”.On the basis of continuing to deepen the strategic alliance between South Korea and the United States,China attaches great importance to the relations between China and South Korea,and strategically “cools” the relations between South Korea and Japan,promotes the development of South Korean-Russian relations,speeds up the “Korean Peninsula's trust process” and repairs damaged Korean-Korean relations.."Balanced diplomacy" has made great achievements.It has stood under the umbrella of the United States and has taken the express train of the Chinese economy.However,since the fourth nuclear test of North Korea,the foreign policy of Park Geun-hye's government has suddenly been adjusted.In essence,it has become a complete“pro-American side”,and the turning point of its foreign policy adjustment is to announce the agreement of the deployment of the “THAAD” system.This paper uses Kenneth Waltz's analytic hierarchy process to consider such adjustments by judging the historical foreign policy of South Korea,the evolution of South Korea's attitude toward the “THAAD” system,and the different foreign policy performances of Park Eun-Hui's pre-and late-stage governance.German system deployment reasons.Judging from the level of the international system,this is caused by the abrupt change in the power structure in Northeast Asia,the challenges faced by South Korea's trust diplomacy,and the “disappointment” that South Korea has caused due to China's excessively high expectations on the DPRK nuclear issue.From the perspective of South Korea's national level,the actual needs of South Korea's national security interests and the drive of the country's mainstream public opinion are crucial for the adjustment of Park Geun-hye's foreign policy in the latter part of the country's governance.Judging from the level of the decision makers,Park Geun-hye's opportunism,the subjectivist diplomacyof the decision-making groups,and the family background of Park Geun-hye's military are also important motives for the adjustment of the foreign policy of Park Geun-hye's government in the later period of its governance.The adjustment of the foreign policy of Park Geun-hye's government first had a negative impact on Korea's internal affairs and diplomacy.It was not conducive to South Korea's independence from the United States and its position as an independent sovereign country.It also became the fuse of Park Geun-hye's resignation,leading to the end of her political career.Park Geun-hye's complete retreat to the United States in terms of foreign policy has caused the successive governments of South Korea to seek their own independent efforts under the intervention of the United States,and has caused great losses to the political career of Park Geun-hye.Park Sang-hui's insistence on deploying“THAAD”also caused a rapid decline in its popular support rate and became the best entry point for opposition attacks.Second,the government's policy adjustment toward the DPRK was too tough and could easily lead North Korea's counterattack,which made the situation on the unstable Korean Peninsula even more tense.South Korea's final decision to deploy “THAAD” is actually abandoning the reconciliation and cooperation line after the Cold War,directly making the peninsula confrontation pattern a normal state,and providing an excellent excuse for North Korea to continue its nuclear tests.Again,this adjustment has had an adverse effect on the development of China-ROK relations.Park Geun-hye's government agreed to the deployment of the “THAAD” system and turned its“balanced diplomacy” efforts at the initial stage of its ruling into a dark one.The friendship between China and South Korea in 2015 no longer existed,official exchanges between the two countries were suspended,and Chinese people continued to set off.Resisting the Korean wave.However,China can also use this as an opportunity to explore and establish a security dialogue mechanism in Northeast Asia and resolve possible frictions and disputes in Northeast Asia through dialogue and consultation.In the end,the adjustment of Park's foreign policy,especially the agreement with the deployment of the “THAAD”,broke the geopolitical balance of Northeast Asia.It not only destroyed the balance of the political landscape in Northeast Asia,but also made the relationship between South Koreaand Japan more substantive.The strategic alliance between South Korea,the United States,and Japan began to take shape.It also destroyed the balance of security in Northeast Asia and made the situation in Northeast Asia after the Cold War.Renewed tension will easily lead to a new round of the arms race.It will also affect the balance of economic patterns in Northeast Asia and make East Asia loose its economic cooperation once again.