Relationship dossier
India
North Korea
Relationship assessment
Limited humanitarian cooperation alongside Indian opposition to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs
India toward North Korea
+10The Indian government has provided humanitarian food assistance to North Korea. It has also implemented United Nations sanctions and criticized North Korean nuclear and missile tests.
North Korea toward India
Not assessedOverall relationship
Not assessedHow 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
India has provided humanitarian food assistance to North Korea, while also enforcing United Nations sanctions and criticizing North Korean nuclear and missile tests. These actions reflect limited practical cooperation alongside policy opposition. Information about concrete North Korean government cooperation with India is insufficient to assess its conduct toward India.
Areas of tension
- North Korea's nuclear tests and missile programs, which India has criticized.
Key developments
India provided humanitarian food assistance to North Korea.
India implemented United Nations sanctions on North Korea and criticized its nuclear and missile tests.
Major uncertainties
- The scale and timing of India's humanitarian assistance to North Korea are unclear.
- Details of North Korean government cooperation with India are limited.