Chips and ships: India’s bid to deepen South Korea ties faces tough obstacles

Chips and ships: India’s bid to deepen South Korea ties faces tough obstacles
September 2, 2025

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Chips and ships: India’s bid to deepen South Korea ties faces tough obstacles

Unreliable infrastructure and limited Korean investment stall industrial partnership growth despite diplomatic meetings

India’s push to secure industrial supply chains in semiconductors and shipbuilding has created an opening for a deeper strategic partnership with South Korea, but lingering gaps in political commitment, infrastructure readiness and corporate alignment continue to limit progress.

South Korea’s foreign minister Cho Hyun met Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Aug. 12 for their first bilateral talks, following a July visit to New Delhi by former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum and a meeting between President Lee Jae-myung and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the sidelines of the G7 summit in June.

India’s push to secure industrial supply chains in semiconductors and shipbuilding has created an opening for a deeper strategic partnership with South Korea, but lingering gaps in political commitment, infrastructure readiness and corporate alignment continue to limit progress.

South Korea’s foreign minister Cho Hyun met Indian external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Aug. 12 for their first bilateral talks, following a July visit to New Delhi by former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum and a meeting between President Lee Jae-myung and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the sidelines of the G7 summit in June.

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