​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : November 26, 1883
  • Bilateral Trade(2022)
    • Exports : $ 10.1 billion (Medicine and Medical Supplies, Storage batteries, Semiconductor)
    • Imports : $ 23.6 billion (Automobiles, Medicine and Medical Supplies, Semiconductor)
  • Bilateral Investment(~2022)
    • The ROK's Investment in Germany : $ 8.6 billion
    • Germany's Investment in the ROK : $ 18 billion
  • Number of Koreans living in Germany(2023) : about 49,683
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Germany
      • 1995   March President Kim Young-sam
      • 1997   May Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoo Jong-ha
      • 2000   March President Kim Dae-jung
      • 2002   November Speaker of the National Assembly Park Kwan-yong
      • 2002   November Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Choi Sung-hong
      • 2003   November Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Yoon Young-kwan
      • 2004   October Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
      • 2005   April President Roh Moo-hyun
      • 2005   October Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
      • 2006   June Prime Minister Han Myeong-sook
      • 2007   October Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Song Min-soon
      • 2009   April Prime Minister Han Seung-soo
      • 2009   May Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly Moon Hee-sang
      • 2010   January Chairman of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee (National Assembly) Park Jin
      • 2011   May President Lee Myung-bak
      • 2012   February Minister of Unification Yu Woo-ik
      • 2012   May Vice Minister of Unification Kim Chun-sig (2nd meeting of the
        Korea-Germany Consultation Committee on Unification)
      • 2012   October Prime Minister Kim Hwang-sik
      • 2014   March President Park Geun-hye
      • 2015   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se
      • 2015   June Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se
      • 2015   July Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (Eurasia Friendship Express)
      • 2016   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (Munich Security Conference)
      • 2017   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se (Munich Security Conference)
      • 2017   July President Moon Jae-in
      • 2019   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (Munich Security Conference)
      • 2020   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (Munich Security Conference)
      • 2020   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (Ministerial Meeting of Stockholm Initiative)
      • 2020   August Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha (2nd Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue)
      • 2020   September Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seung
      • 2021   October Minister of Unification Lee In-young
      • 2022   October Minister of Unification Kwon Youngse
    • From Germany to the ROK
      • 1993   March Chancellor Helmut Kohl
      • 1993   July Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel
      • 1997   October Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel
      • 1998   September President Roman Herzog
      • 2000   October Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
      • 2000   November Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer
      • 2002   June President Johannes Rau
      • 2004   April Vice-Speaker of German Parliament Dr. Antje Vollmer
      • 2006   February Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
      • 2008   August Speaker of German Parliament Norbert Lammert
      • 2010   February President Horst Köhler
      • 2010   November Chancellor Angela Merkel
      • 2012   March Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2013   May President of Federal Council Kretschmann
      • 2014   October Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier
      • 2015   October President Joachim Gauck
      • 2016   April President of Federal Council Stanislaw Tillich
      • 2017   September Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
      • 2018   February President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
      • 2018   July Foreign Minister Heiko Maas(1st Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue)
      • 2021   May Minister of Defence Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer
      • 2022   November President Frank-Walter Steinmeier
      • 2023   April Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock
      • 2023   May Chancellor Olaf Scholz

• Related documents

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  • Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choi Holds Video Conference with State Secretary of Germany’s Federal Foreign Office
  • 2nd ROK-Germany Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue Takes Place
  • ROK and German Governments Hold Joint Video Conference
  • Outcome of ROK-Germany Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Held on Occasion of 2nd Ministerial Meeting of Stockholm Initiative
  • 32nd Meeting of ROK-Germany Joint Economic Committee Takes Place
  • 1st ROK-Germany Meeting of Directors-General for Regional Affairs Takes Place
  • First-ever ROK-Germany Foreign Ministerial Strategic Dialogue Takes Place

• Related links

  • Embassy in Germany
  • Consulate General in Frankfurt
  • Consulate General in Hamburg