Establishment of Diplomatic Relations: May 2, 1962
Bilateral Trade(2008):
- Export: $ 3,233,000,000 (Ships, Automobile, Machineries for Mining, Automobile Parts)
- Import: $ 1,314,000,000 (Pork, Medical Supplies)
Bilateral Investment(~2008):
- The ROK's Investment in Belgium: $ 3,270,000,000
- Belgium's Investment in the ROK: $ 200,000,000
Number of Koreans living in Belgium(2007): About 670
High-level Exchanges:
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| From the ROK to Belgium |
| 2000 |
October |
Minister for Trade Hwang Doo-yun |
| 2002 |
November |
Speaker of the National Assembly Park Kwan-yong |
| 2002 |
June |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sung-hong |
| 2005 |
November |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon |
| |
| From Belgium to the ROK |
| 1992 |
October |
Kim Baudouin I 1993 November Prince Philippe |
| 1998 |
May |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Erik Derycke |
| 2000 |
October |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Louis Michel |
| 2000 |
December |
Prince Philippe Leopold Louis Marie |
| 2005 |
November |
Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt |
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