For Republic Day, India invites ... South Korea?

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CSMonitor

[quote]India invited the South Korean president to attend its 61st Republic Day Tuesday, an honor that’s become a tool of Delhi’s foreign policy in much the same manner as Washington’s White House state dinner.

At first glance, these two nations have about as much in common as kimchi and curry, although both support a legend that Koreans with the surnames Kim and Huh can trace their lineage back to an Indian princess in the first century.

Today, the connections are trade.

Since the end of the cold war, India has followed a “Look Eastâ€