Korea and AP eye economic tie-up

Andhra Pradesh is turning heads eastward, and on 19 March 2025, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s team rolled out the red carpet for Japan, chasing a tech and trade handshake. I’m picturing Vijayawada’s government offices, lights burning late as officials draft pitches—think semiconductors, green energy, maybe shipbuilding—building on Naidu’s Tesla hustle. “Japan’s got the edge we need,” IT minister Nara Lokesh might’ve said, fresh off his US jaunt, eyeing a slice of Tokyo’s industrial heft for a state clawing back its mojo.