Title page 1

Contents 1

Executive Summary 2

I. Introduction 4

II. The Relationship Between Space-Based Information and Maritime Security 6

1. Space-Based Intelligent Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) 6

2. AI-Based Large-Scale Maritime Domain Awareness Platforms 7

3. The Convergence of Maritime Security and Space Security 8

III. Maritime-Space Security Cooperation in the ROK-U.S. Alliance 9

1. ROK-U.S. Information Cooperation Linking Maritime Domain Awareness and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) 9

2. South Korea's Participation in the U.S.-Led Civil-Military Space Information Fusion System 10

3. Strengthening Combined ROK-U.S. Space Operations and MDA Capabilities 11

IV. South Korea's West Sea-Indo-Pacific Integrated Maritime Security Strategy 13

1. Reframing the West Sea and Integrating It to the Indo-Pacific Strategy 13

2. Building a Rules-Based West Sea-Indo-Pacific Maritime Order and Advancing Space Cooperation 15

3. South Korea's Indo-Pacific Maritime-Space Cooperation Agenda 17

V. Conclusion 18