South Korea is Keen To Be The Part of India’s Defence Industrial Corridors: Defence Minister Song Young-Moo

Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Korea, Song Young-moo visits India on 9th August to deepen the cooperation in defence and security under the New Southern Policy. Korea has faced the similar challenges of building an indigenous defence ecosystem amidst the constant regional threats around. Korea defence industry is step ahead in building sophisticated military hardware and reaches among world’s top exporter. Several issues are on the table with India which include the scope of cooperation for 12 mine counter measure vessels (MCMVs) to the proposed induction of trainer aircraft KT-1 of Korean Aircraft Industries in the Indian Air Force. BW Businessworld’s Defence Editor Manish Kumar Jha discusses in an exclusive interview with S. Korea’s defence minister in New Delhi.