On August 19, 2026, the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS) hosted a roundtable meeting with S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. On the KIMS side, VADM Taeho Won (President), Dr. Samman Chung (Director of Center for Maritime Security), Dr. Seung Mo Kang (Research Fellow), Mr. Jae Hyeok Lee (Associate Researcher), and Ms. Hye Won Kang (Research Intern) participated in the meeting; and on the RSIS side, Mr. Adrian Tan (Chief of Policy Research), Dr. Sarah Soh (Assistant Professor), Mr. Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman (Research Fellow), and Ms. Sarah Soh (Associate Research Fellow) attended the talk. The two parties shared their views on ROK’s nuclear submarine project, underwater cable security, ROK-ASEAN and ROK-Singapore cooperations, and concluded the meeting with an agreement to extend mutual exchange between the two institutions.


