ISAS Special Reports

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to strengthen the country’s political and economic cooperation with Japan and South Korea in the light of his ‘Act East’ initiative. Similarly, the two countries are also making efforts to enhance their relationship with India in various sectors such as infrastructure, maritime security and manufacturing. The Institute of South Asian Studies organised a symposium on “India, Japan and Korea: Political and Economic Cooperation”, in partnership with the Korea Institute of Economic Policy, on 25 September 2017. Speakers from the academia, corporate sector and business organisations in Singapore, Japan and South Korea addressed a number of important questions relating to economic and infrastructure cooperation, regional maritime security, investment in India, foreign aid and the relevance of India to Japan and South Korea.