This reinvigorated alliance, the president's foreign-policy advisers explain, will not only boost South Korea's global standing but also provide leverage with tricky neighbours, notablyJapanandChina, where relations are bedevilled by land and history.
We are also encouraged by recent announcements in Asia, most notably in ChinaandJapan, that governments are strengthening their commitment to solar energy and raising the target for solar power contribution to the national grid capacity.