​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : April 2, 1965
  • Bilateral Trade (2022)
    • Exports : $1,762,286,708(Integrated circuit semiconductor, Equipment for manufacturing semiconductor, Passenger car, Synthetic resin)
    • Imports : $111,776,692(Naphtha, Iintegrated circuit semiconductor, Fish meat, Meter)
  • Bilateral Investments(~ 2019)
    • ROK's investment in Malta : $46 million
    • Malta's investment in the ROK : $ 15.96 billion
  • Number of Koreans living in Malta(2019) : 192
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Malta
      • 1989  September Special Envoy of the President Lee Nam-ki
      • 2000  October Delegation of the Yeosu International Expo Bidding Committee (Head: Former Ambassador Lee Chang-bum)
      • 2001  September Delegation of the Yeosu International Expo Bidding Committee (Head: Former Deputy Foreign Minister Roh Chang-hee)
      • 2002  July Negotiation on the Yeosu International Expo Bidding (Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Yoo Sam-nam)
      • 2002  November Delegation of the Yeosu International Expo Bidding Committee (Head: Member of the National Assembly Chung Woo-taek)
      • 2004  January Former President of the United Nations General Assembly Han Seung-soo
      • 2007  January Delegation of the Yeosu International Expo Bidding Committee (Head: Minister of Maritime and Fisheries Kang Moo-hyun)
      • 2009  August President of Korea-Malta Friendship Asociation Lee Yong-kyung
      • 2015  March President of Korea-Malta Friendship Asociation Han Myung-Sook
      • 2015  August Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Yoo Il-ho
      • 2016  July Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-Se
    • From Malta to the ROK
      • 1990  August Prime Minister Fenech-Adami
      • 1991  May Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Justice Guido de Marco (President of the UN General Assembly)
      • 1991  October Minister of Economic Affairs John Dalli
      • 1996  April Minister of Economic Affairs Josef Bonnici
      • 2014  October Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Climate Change Leo Brincat