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DIRECTIONAL RELATIONSHIP · 2026

United Kingdom → South Korea

This score represents United Kingdom's relationship toward South Korea. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.

GBR → KOR+14Cooperative74% evidence confidenceBroad sourced evidence
KOR → GBR+14CooperativeSymmetric current scores
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL

Current component scores

Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.

Security0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not activate an additional frozen security rule for the 2015 baseline.

Diplomacy+10

1 documented factor produce the +10 diplomacy assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10Strategic, defence and economic dialogues operated in parallel
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Ministerial strategic talks, defence consultations and the second Joint Economic and Trade Committee created multiple standing senior channels.

Economic+35

2 documented factors produce the +35 economic assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +15Joint Economic and Trade Committee agreed practical cooperation
    Baseline rule · 2015

    The bilateral committee produced cooperation on energy storage, regulation and antimicrobial resistance and reaffirmed trade and investment goals.

  2. +20Bilateral trade threshold
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.

Alignment+40

3 documented factors produce the +40 alignment assessment.

Why this score?
  1. +10The governments coordinated across regional and global challenges
    Baseline rule · 2015

    Official talks covered Korean Peninsula and European security, climate, health diplomacy, cybersecurity, counter-terrorism, stabilisation and maritime security.

  2. +15United Nations voting alignment
    Baseline rule · 2015

    A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.

  3. +15Annual methodology 1.1 recalculation
    Annual recalculation · 2026

    The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.

Disputes0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: No qualifying frozen dispute or dispute-settlement rule is activated by the reviewed evidence.

Societal0

No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.

Why this score?

The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.

Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish the exceptional or strong exchange required by a frozen societal rule.

CHANGE SINCE 2015

+12 in 2015 → +14 in 2026

The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.

ACTIVE EVIDENCE

Events affecting the current score

No later scored event is active. The current result remains anchored to the reviewed 2015 baseline and quantitative series.

Interpret with care

This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.

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