CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -South Korea is one of the U.S.’s most important allies in the Asia Pacific region, especially in terms of working to contain a nuclear North Korea. The alliance serves to deter North Korean aggression and provides continental base for U.S. forces.

Detailed explanation-2: -Definition. The term may include countries in North America and South America that are on the coast of the Eastern Pacific Ocean; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, for example, includes Canada, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States has bilateral relations with many countries in the Indo-Pacific. The U.S. also has treaty allies – Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia and Thailand.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States is a Pacific nation, with a long coastline, an island state and territories in the Pacific. We also have deep and longstanding ties to the countries of the Pacific, our neighbors, allies, and friends.