Establishment of Diplomatic Relations: February 15, 1949
Bilateral Trade(2008):
- Export: $ 3,495,000,000 (Electronics, Automobile, Ships)
- Import: $ 4,877,000,000 (Medical Supplies, Cosmetics, Integrated Circuit Semiconductor)
Bilateral Investment(~2008):
- The ROK's Investment in France: $ 870,000,000
- France's Investment in the ROK: $ 5,690,000,000
Number of Koreans living in France(2008): 14,007
High-level Exchanges:
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| From the ROK to France |
| 1986 |
April |
President Chun Doo-hwan |
| 1989 |
November |
President Roh Tae-woo |
| 1993 |
January |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Sang-ok |
| 1993 |
June |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Seung-joo |
| 1995 |
March |
President Kim Young-sam |
| 1999 |
June |
Prime Minister Kim Jong-pil |
| 2000 |
March |
President Kim Dae-jung |
| 2001 |
July |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Han Seung-soo |
| 2002 |
November |
Deputy Prime Minister Jeon Yun-chul |
| 2003 |
November |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Young-kwan |
| 2004 |
December |
President Roh Moo-hyun |
| 2006 |
February |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon |
| 2006 |
June |
Prime Minster Han Myeong-sook |
| 2007 |
June |
Prime Minster Han Duk-soo |
| 2007 |
December |
Minister of National Defense Kim Jang-soo |
| 2008 |
November |
Chairman of National Assembly Kim Hyung-oh |
| |
| From France to the ROK |
| 1985 |
April |
Prime Minister Laurent Fabius |
| 1991 |
May |
Prime Minister Michel Rocard |
| 1993 |
September |
President Francois Mitterand |
| 1998 |
February |
Former Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy |
| 2000 |
October |
President Jacques Chirac |
| 2002 |
November |
Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs Michele Alliot-Marie |
| 2003 |
January |
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dominique de Villepin |
| 2003 |
May |
Minister of State for War Veterans M. Hamlaoui Mekachera |
| 2007 |
March |
Minister of Defense Alliot-Marie |
| 2008 |
June |
Minister of Trade Idrac |
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Embassy in France
