On 1 March 2025, the Republic of Korea joined NATO’s Science & Technology Organization (STO) Science & Technology (S&T) Enhanced Partnership, a programme designed to advertise joint analysis and growth in superior S&T fields. With this standing, the Republic of Korea will take part within the NATO S&T Board, which offers strategic steering on NATO’s collaborative scientific analysis, and engages in joint analysis and growth initiatives in areas akin to drugs, sensing, cyber safety, propulsion and energy methods.
That similar day, Switzerland and Ukraine additionally joined the STO S&T Enhanced Partnership. Australia and Japan had been the primary S&T Partner nations, in 2015 and 2020 respectively.
Dr Bryan Wells, NATO Chief Scientist, stated: “The NATO S&T Organization has always had a strong tradition of building close relations with NATO Partners. Bringing the Republic of Korea, Switzerland and Ukraine together with Australia and Japan as S&T Enhanced Partners marks a step change in our engagement. I look forward to welcoming our new S&T Enhanced Partners to their first NATO S&T Board meeting in Brussels in early April.”