{"slug": "s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week", "title": "S. Korean, Indian FMs to discuss economy, AI, defense ties this week", "summary": "South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun will meet Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Seoul on Wednesday to discuss economic cooperation, artificial intelligence, defense ties, and other key areas. The meeting follows President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to India in April and aims to review progress on major cooperation projects in shipbuilding, finance, AI, and defense.", "body_md": "Foreign Minister Cho Hyun plans to meet his Indian counterpart in Seoul this week to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation in the economy, defense, artificial intelligence and other key areas, Seoul's foreign ministry said Monday.\n\nCho is scheduled to hold talks with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in Seoul on Wednesday during the top Indian diplomat's official visit to South Korea following his trip to Mongolia, according to the ministry.\n\nAt the upcoming meeting, the two sides are expected to review the implementation of major cooperation projects agreed upon during President Lee Jae Myung's state visit to India in April, covering such areas as shipbuilding, finance, AI and defense.\n\nThe ministers will also exchange views on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East and discuss cooperation in multilateral forums.\n\nDuring his stay, Jaishankar is also scheduled to attend the Jeju Forum on Thursday, the ministry said.\n\nFollowing the summit between Lee and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi in April, Seoul's foreign ministry established a task force to accelerate follow-up measures in key areas.\n\nDedicated economic cooperation units have recently been set up within both the South Korean presidential office and the Indian prime minister's office.\n\nIndia will also host \"Korea Business Week\" this week to enhance communication with Korean companies operating in India. (Yonhap)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10784135", "published_at": "2026-06-22 06:45:10+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-22 07:16:08.957498+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Cho Hyun", "Subrahmanyam Jaishankar", "Lee Jae Myung", "Narendra Modi", "South Korea", "India", "Jeju Forum", "Yonhap"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/s-korean-indian-fms-to-discuss-economy-ai-defense-ties-this-week.jsonld"}}