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This research aims to analyze the small-medium size port competitiveness in the ASEAN-SAARC such as port of Leam Chabang in Thailand, port of Klang in Malaysia, port of Manila in Philippines, port of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, port of Tanjung Priok in Indonesia, port of Colombo in Sri Lanka and port of Jawaharlal Nehru in India for establishing investment direction of Korea. ASEAN-SAARC is significant place in that it can be an economic diversification region to overcome Korea’s export-dependent economic structure and an alternative to addressing political and security factors not only the hegemonic war between China and the U.S but also the trade war between Korea and Japan. This study is established by Entropy and TOPSIS for the evaluation of port competitiveness based on the six main factors such as port facility, port location, port productivity, port cost, port service and socioeconomic stability. The result showed that no. of sail to Busan new port is ranked the most important factor with 0.14230, the revenue of import and export is the second with 0.11870 and the third with 0.11624 is unloading fee. While the berth productivity with 0.00620 was the worst valueless factor, terminal area is the 16th with 0.01103 and the volume of container with 0.02331 is ranked the 15th. In TOPSIS analysis, port of Klang was ranked top port with 0.67979 while port of Manila with 0.16119 was the worst competitive port comparing with other ports in the ASEAN-SAARC. This study suggests that port of Ho Chi Minh City is the most valuable port for Korea's investment among ASEAN-SAARC ports because not only it has a comparative advantage in port location, port productivity, port cost and port service but also Vietnam is most important country with trade of Korea. Therefore Korea should consider the investment to the port of Ho Chi Mich City for the purpose of improving productivity in Busan new port and connectivity with Vietnam through expanding port facilities such as depth extension and unloading equipment.