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Relationship dossier

Namibia South Korea

Relationship assessment

Namibia and South Korea maintain modest cooperation, including development assistance and bilateral agreements.

Namibia toward South Korea

+25

Namibia has participated in bilateral economic, scientific and technical cooperation with South Korea and in agreements covering areas including fisheries.

South Korea toward Namibia

+25

South Korea has provided development assistance to Namibia and engaged in bilateral economic, scientific and technical cooperation, including fisheries-related cooperation.

Overall relationship

+25

Bilateral agreements and South Korean development assistance provide a durable basis for practical cooperation. The relationship appears constructive, but the scale and sustained breadth of cooperation are 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

Knowledge coverageLimited

Overview

Namibia and South Korea have built a modest cooperative relationship through bilateral economic, scientific and technical cooperation and South Korean development assistance. The relationship also includes cooperation in areas such as fisheries. The scope and continuity of these initiatives are not clear enough to characterize the partnership as close.

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