In regard to the ASEAN-Korea relations, the two sides have never been closer, with constantly rising trade and investment flows and tourism and cultural exchange. ASEAN and Korea celebrated their 25th Anniversary of the ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations and held a Commemorative Summit in Busan in 2014, and designated year 2017 as the ASEAN-ROK Cultural Exchange Year. In short, ASEAN and Korea are key partners and this will continue in the future. At this crucial juncture in history, the ASEAN-Korea Centre became curious as to what our youth, as future leaders of our region, know, think, and hope about ASEAN and ASEAN-Korea relations. The ASEAN-Korea Centre launched the 1st ASEANKorea Academic Essay Contest under three themes: (1) ASEAN in the past 50 years, ASEAN-Korea relations in the next 50 years; (2) Where the ASEAN Community is Heading Towards: Challenges and Prospects; and (3) ASEAN-Korea Socio-Cultural Partnership: Towards a Reciprocal Understanding. There were a great number of entries, more than what we anticipated, and it was very difficult to make a selection of 9 essays that we included in this volume of the Young Perspectives. This book written in English and Korean.