Korea AeroSpace Administration Administrator Oh Tae-seog speaks during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, Wednesday. Courtesy of the Korea AeroSpace Administration
In a strategic move bridging commercial space tech with Western defense architecture, Korea is dispatching a joint public-private delegation to the European Union, NATO and key Eastern European allies to secure a foothold in the rapidly integrating global space and defense markets.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Korea AeroSpace Administration (KASA) said Friday that the delegation will tour Belgium, Romania and Poland beginning Monday. The multicity tour will feature a robust contingent of Korean tech and defense giants — including Hanwha Systems, Korea Aerospace Industries and Hyundai Rotem — alongside cutting-edge space startups like Innospace and Nara Space.
The mission underscores Seoul's ambition to transform its domestic space capabilities into an export-driven powerhouse, moving past traditional satellites into space-defense convergence. By targeting Brussels, Bucharest and Warsaw, Seoul is directly positioning its defense-heavy space sector to meet the heightened security anxieties and modernization demands gripping the North Atlantic alliance and Eastern Europe.
