Relationship dossier
Brazil
South Korea
Relationship assessment
Brazil and South Korea maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation across several sectors.
Brazil toward South Korea
+35Brazil has pursued a strategic partnership with South Korea since 2004 and engaged in bilateral cooperation on trade, investment, science and technology. The breadth and implementation of these initiatives are not fully clear.
South Korea toward Brazil
+35South Korea has pursued a strategic partnership with Brazil since 2004 and engaged in bilateral cooperation on trade, investment, science and technology. The breadth and implementation of these initiatives are not fully clear.
Overall relationship
+35The relationship is structured by a strategic partnership and sustained engagement across economic and technical fields. These arrangements support meaningful cooperation, though the relationship is less intensive than a close alliance and the depth of implementation across sectors is unclear.
How to read these scores
Scores are rough judgments, not objective measurements or current verification. Directional scores describe government policy and conduct, not public opinion. The overall score is an independent estimate, never an average.
- −100
- Extreme sustained hostility
- −50
- Substantially adversarial
- 0
- Mixed or neutral, supported by knowledge
- +50
- Substantially cooperative
- +100
- Exceptionally close sustained partnership
“Not assessed” means there is no recorded score. Pair existence makes no claim about diplomatic recognition or established relations.
Relationship context
Overview
Brazil and South Korea have maintained a substantive cooperative relationship, including a strategic partnership established in 2004 and cooperation across trade, investment, science and technology. Their governments have also pursued bilateral agreements and high-level engagement. The partnership is significant but does not amount to an exceptionally close alliance, and the scope and implementation of cooperation across sectors are not fully clear.
Key developments
Brazil and South Korea established a strategic partnership.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation across sectors are unclear.
- The extent of recent government-to-government cooperation is uncertain.