Busan, Oct. 25 -- Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW), Sarbananda Sonowal, began a four-day visit to South Korea on Sunday. He pitched India's maritime opportunity to Korean industry as the two countries work to expand shipbuilding cooperation and move India toward its goal of becoming one of the world's top five shipbuilding nations by 2047.

Sonowal opened the trip in Busan, which he called the hub of Korea's maritime industry, with an interaction with Indian professionals working in Korean shipbuilding. India's Ambassador to South Korea, Gourangalal Das, welcomed the gathering and introduced the community, which included people from Samsung Heavy Industries, Hanwha Ocean, HD Hyundai, DNV and the Indian Register of S...