{"slug": "romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics", "title": "Romania seeks deeper partnership with Korea across AI, defense, logistics", "summary": "Romania is seeking to deepen its strategic partnership with Korea beyond defense and energy, with artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, logistics and education as new pillars of bilateral ties, Romanian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Clara Volintiru said during her visit to Seoul. Volintiru described Korea as \"a very trustworthy partner\" as Romania modernizes key sectors while strengthening national and regional security amid growing geopolitical tensions.", "body_md": "Romania is looking to deepen its strategic partnership with Korea beyond its expanding defense and energy cooperation, with artificial intelligence (AI), digital infrastructure, logistics and education emerging as the next pillars of bilateral ties, Romanian State Secretary of Foreign Affairs Clara Volintiru said. In an interview with The Korea Times during her visit to Seoul, Volintiru said defense and energy have become the cornerstone of bilateral industrial cooperation as growing geopolitical tensions, energy security concerns and rising defense spending drive trusted allies to strengthen collaboration. \"At the global level, we see an increased demand for energy security and an increased need for defense spending and increased capabilities,\" she said. \"It only makes sense to bring together allies — trusted allies — to advance these capabilities.\" She described Korea as \"a very trustworthy partner\" for Romanian industries, particularly as Romania modernizes key sectors while strengthening national and regional security. Shared security priorities Romania has promoted the Odesa Tria", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260727/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-07-27 07:22:03+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-27 07:26:54.432877+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Romania", "Korea", "Clara Volintiru", "The Korea Times"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/romania-seeks-deeper-partnership-with-korea-across-ai-defense-logistics.jsonld"}}