Diplomatic briefing
Embassy of India, Seoul
EmbassyKorea (ROK) · Ambassador: Mr. Amit Kumar
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In short
India’s embassy in Korea (ROK) records bilateral trade of $25.60bn, a reported community of 18,474, 1 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 47%. Led by Mr. Amit Kumar, ambassador.
Total bilateral trade
$25.60bn
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade between the two countries in 2025 stood at USD 25.6 billion, with India's import volume in 2025 as USD 19.2 billion, while the export volume as USD 6.4 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence18,474
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Korea (ROK)"
“PIOs 479 + NRIs 17,995 = 18,474”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence1
agreement · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 2 hours ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 17 May 2015)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND MONGOLIA ON CO-OPERATION IN THE FIELD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY — 17 May 2015”
Published: 17 May 2015 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
47%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 13 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “South Korea”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 87 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to Korea (ROK)US dollars · as stated in the brief$6.40bn
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade between the two countries in 2025 stood at USD 25.6 billion, with India's import volume in 2025 as USD 19.2 billion, while the export volume as USD 6.4 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from Korea (ROK)US dollars · as stated in the brief$19.20bn
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Economic Relations” section
“Bilateral trade between the two countries in 2025 stood at USD 25.6 billion, with India's import volume in 2025 as USD 19.2 billion, while the export volume as USD 6.4 billion.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$12.80bn
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Korea (ROK)persons · as stated in the brief18,000
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Indian Community” section
“The total number of Indian nationals living in ROK is estimated to be around 18,000.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
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Diplomacy
Agreements the briefing enumeratesagreements · as stated in the brief15
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-Level Exchanges” section
“15 MoUs/Frameworks were concluded in various field including economic, commerce, science and technology, environment, climate change and culture.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2026
Bilateral Brief — Korea (ROK)
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “High-Level Exchanges” section
“President Lee Jae Myung paid a State visit to India from 19-21 April, 2026 marking the earliest visit to India by a Korean President after assuming office.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (1)
MEA Treaties DatabaseThe briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 17 sections, 37,444 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA – REPUBLIC OF KOREA BILATERAL RELATIONS · Historical Connect: · India’s Role in Korean War: · High-Level Exchanges: · Ministerial level Exchanges: · Annual General.
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