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    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    381: Political Will is the Test of India-South Korea Special Strategic Partnership

    Sojin Shin, Visiting Research Fellow at ISAS

    31 July 2015

    India and South Korea upgraded their bilateral relationship to the status of a 'Special Strategic Partnership' when India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Seoul recently. The new partnership seeks to promote closer ties between various industries and between the defence sectors of the two countries. But the unanswered question is how and on what to build the special strategic partnership.