​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 23, 1901(Treaty of Friendship and Commerce)
  • Bilateral Trade (2022)
    • Exports : $5,029,456,536(Heavy equipment for construction, Synthetic resin, Passenger car, Medicaments)
    • Imports : $3,129,903,145(Naphtha, Medicaments, Other fine chemical products, Platinum)
  • Bilateral Investment
    • The ROK's Investment in Belgium (~2018) : $2,205,000,000
    • Belgium's Investment in the ROK (~2019) : $3,980,000,000
  • Number of Koreans living in Belgium(2019) : 5,139
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Belgium
      • 2002  June Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Sung-hong
      • 2005  November Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
      • 2010  May Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2010  October President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2013  November President Park Geun-hye
      • 2016  December Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahn Chong-ghee
      • 2017  October Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2018  October President Moon Jae-in
    • From Belgium to the ROK
      • 2000  December Crown Prince Philippe
      • 2005  November Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
      • 2009  May Crown Prince Philippe
      • 2010  April Prime Minister Yves Leterme
      • 2011  May Minister-President of Flemish Gorvenment Kris Peeters
      • 2011  October Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere
      • 2012  March Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Joëlle Milquet (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2012  May Crown Prince Philippe
      • 2015  April Belgian Senate Christine Defraigne
      • 2017  June Princess Astrid of Belgium, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Didier Reynders
      • 2019  March His Majesty the King of the Belgians

• Related documents

  • “ROK-Belgium Agreement Concerning a Working Holiday Program” Brought into Force
  • MOFA Spokesperson’s Statement on the Terrorist Attacks in Belgium

• Related links

  • Embassy in Belgium
  • Embassy of Belgium