Relationship dossier
Italy
South Korea
Relationship assessment
Italy and South Korea maintain a strategic partnership with cooperation in industry and technology.
Italy toward South Korea
+40Italy has pursued closer cooperation with South Korea through the bilateral strategic partnership and government agreements advanced during President Yoon’s 2023 state visit, including initiatives in industry and technology.
South Korea toward Italy
+40South Korea has pursued closer cooperation with Italy through the bilateral strategic partnership and government agreements advanced during President Yoon’s 2023 state visit, including initiatives in industry and technology.
Overall relationship
+40The relationship is anchored in a strategic partnership and supported by government-level initiatives in industry and technology. These arrangements indicate sustained cooperation, although their implementation and the depth of collaboration across other policy areas are uncertain.
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
Italy and South Korea maintain a strategic partnership with active government-level engagement. During President Yoon Suk Yeol’s 2023 state visit to Italy, the governments advanced cooperation in areas including industry and technology. The partnership reflects substantive but not exceptionally close bilateral cooperation; the breadth and implementation of individual initiatives are less clear.
Key developments
During President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to Italy, the governments advanced bilateral cooperation, including initiatives in industry and technology.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral industrial and technology initiatives are unclear.
- The extent of sustained cooperation beyond high-level visits and announced agreements is uncertain.