The traditional definition of middle power is that the state is able to exercise its ability to influence the interests or problems of the region or the global community by building a coalition with states “ like-minded” to seek humanitarian aid and moral diplomacy, otherwise known as “good international citizens”. Jeffrey Robertson, middle power in global governance. As a traditional middle power, the state must demonstrate a high level of social equality and establish political value as well as a highly integrated global economy and a tendency to seek the status quo. As emerging powers, they feature less stable social democracies, a high level of inequality and less political value, with less integration into the global economy. Jefferey Robertson, “South Korea as a Middle Power—Capacity, Behavior, and Current Opportunity,” KINU, vol. 16, No. 1, p. 151-174 (2007). Finally, after two decades, since reaching its economic and political capacity, South Korea recognized its "middle power diplomacy" as a three-way strategic triad and also recognized its role. in multilateralism with other middle powers as well as with Australia, a traditional middle power Woo-Sang Kim, “Middle-power Foreign Cooperation Research: Focus on Korea & Australia”, Jeju Peace Institute, n° 2011-31 (2011). South Korea has shown somewhat different behaviors in the past as a middle power state and as an emerging power state. However, the lack of middle power politics in South Korea over the past two decades was also an excuse, mainly due to the unique security tensions that exist on the Korean Peninsula. This unique security issue with North Korea and geological relationships with traditional great powers, China and the United States as well as others who have interests in East Asia......mid paper ......tion and Asian Security, ' Strategic Insights, ASPI (October 2010) Andrew Cooper & Jongryn Mo, 'Middle Power Leadership and the Evolution of the G20', Global Summitry Journal (May 2013) James Cotton, 'Middle Powers in the Asia Pacific: Korea in Australian Comparative Perspective', Korea Observer, Vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 593-621, Institute of Korean Studies (2013) Sarah Teo, Bhubhindar Singh, and See Seng Tan, “South Korea's Middle-Power Engagement Initiatives: Perspectives from Southeast Asia,” RSIS Working Paper, No. 265, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies Singapore (November 2013) Stephen S. Roach, Christopher Graves, Richard Dobbs, Shen Dingli, Bill Emmott, “South Korea: Finding Its Place on the World Stage”, McKinsey&Company, (April 2013). , 2010), http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/winner_in_emerging_markets/south_korea_finding_its_place_on_the_world_stage