Gourangalal Das, a senior diplomat, has been appointed as India’s new Ambassador to the Republic of Korea. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) made this announcement on Wednesday. Das, who is a 1999-batch officer of the Indian Foreign Service, currently serves as Joint Secretary in the MEA. He will soon take up his new assignment in Seoul.
The Indian Embassy in South Korea confirmed his appointment on X, stating, “Gourangalal Das appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea.” Das will replace Amit Kumar, the current Ambassador to South Korea.
Earlier this month, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun visited New Delhi and held talks with India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Cho praised India’s transformation under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership and shared his experiences during his tenure as Ambassador to India from 2015 to 2017.
India and South Korea established diplomatic relations in 1973, with consular ties in 1962. Both countries elevated their relationship to a “Strategic Partnership” in 2010, and further upgraded it to a “Special Strategic Partnership” during Modi’s visit to Seoul in 2015. In 2023, they marked 50 years of diplomatic relations with several events.
