Relationship dossier
Peru
South Korea
Relationship assessment
Peru and South Korea cooperate through a free trade agreement, a strategic partnership and defense-industrial ties.
Peru toward South Korea
+45Peru concluded a bilateral free trade agreement with South Korea and procured South Korean KT-1 training aircraft, with assembly work taking place in Peru. These actions reflect substantive Peruvian engagement with South Korea in trade and defense.
South Korea toward Peru
+45South Korea concluded a bilateral free trade agreement with Peru and supplied KT-1 training aircraft for Peru, including through an arrangement involving assembly in Peru. The two governments also established a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Overall relationship
+45The relationship is underpinned by a bilateral free trade agreement and a comprehensive strategic partnership, with additional defense-industrial cooperation through Peru's procurement and local assembly of KT-1 aircraft. This provides a durable basis for cooperation across more than one policy area; the known ties do not indicate an exceptionally close alliance.
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
Peru and South Korea maintain a substantially cooperative relationship, supported by a bilateral free trade agreement, a comprehensive strategic partnership and defense-industrial cooperation. Peru procured South Korean KT-1 training aircraft, with assembly work taking place in Peru. These arrangements span trade and defense, though they do not amount to an exceptionally close alliance.
Key developments
The Peru–South Korea free trade agreement entered into force.
Peru and South Korea established a comprehensive strategic partnership.
Peru procured South Korean KT-1 training aircraft, with assembly work taking place in Peru.
Major uncertainties
- The scope and implementation of bilateral cooperation beyond trade and defense are unclear.
- The current extent of defense-industrial cooperation is unclear.