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India-Korea coast guard meeting

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: India-Korea coast guard meeting (GS2 · IR, 21 July 2025)

What happened

  • The 13th ICG-Korea Coast Guard High-Level Meeting was held in New Delhi on 21 July 2025 under a 2006 MoU [PIB].

Background

  • Focus: search and rescue, pollution response and law enforcement [PIB].

Why it matters

  • Shipbuilding ties with Korea are also growing.

How to use this in Mains

GS-II Regional groupings and India's interests

  1. As per PIB (2025-07-21): the 13th ICG-Korea Coast Guard High-Level Meeting was held in New Delhi on 21 July 2025 under a 2006 MoU.
  2. Shipbuilding ties with Korea are also growing.
Quotable data point

The 13th ICG-Korea Coast Guard High-Level Meeting was held in New Delhi on 21 July 2025 under a 2006 MoU.

PIB: ICG-KCG HLM, 21 Jul 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: none.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

ICG-KCG cooperation MoU dates from

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

Official source: PIB: ICG-KCG HLM, 21 Jul 2025

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