Student and teacher representatives of high schools in Seoul pose with German Ambassador-designate to Korea Georg Schmidt, third from right in second row; and Kim Hyo-joon, chairman of the Alumninetzwerk Deutschland-Korea (Adeko), fifth from right in second row, after a youth exchange agreement was signed between German and Korean associations and Adeko in Seoul on Monday. [PARK SANG-MOON] As geopolitical tensions grow, Germany sees Korea as an increasingly important partner in the Indo-Pacific region, Germany's incoming ambassador to Korea said at an event hosted in Seoul on Monday, 'Korea is a very important partner in the Indo-Pacific, as we are currently experiencing deepening antagonism between the two superpowers, China and the United States,' said Georg Schmidt, the German ambassador-designate to Korea, speaking at an event to celebrate 140 years of Korea-Germany relations.
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