​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : February 11, 1963
  • Bilateral Trade (2022)
    • Exports : $ 974 million (Automobile, Medicines)
    • Imports : $ 3,360 million (Watches, Medicines)
  • Bilateral Investments(~2022)
    • ROK's Investment in Switzerland: $1,195 million
    • Switzerland's Investment in the ROK: $3,550 million
  • Number of Koreans living in Switzerland(2022) : 3,882
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Switzerland
      • 1999   June Minister of Science and Technology Seo Jung-wook
      • 2000   June Minister for Trade Han Duck-soo
      • 2001   November Governor of Jeollanam Province Huh Kyung-man
      • 2002   May Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Choi Sung-hong
      • 2003   May Minister of Science and Technology Park Ho-goon
      • 2005   January Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young
      • 2006   January Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-moon, Minister of Information and Communication Jin Dae-jeh, Mayor of Seoul Lee Myung-bak
      • 2006   June Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ban Ki-moon
      • 2008   May Vice Minister of Education, Science, and Technology Park Jonggu
      • 2009   January Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, Minister for Trade Kim Jong-hoon,Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kwon Jong-rak
      • 2010   January President Lee Myung-bak, Minister for Trade Kim Jong-hoon
      • 2011   January Minister for Trade Kim Jong-hoon
      • 2011   May Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kim Sung-hwan
      • 2012   January Minister for Trade, Bark Tae-ho
      • 2013   January Presidential Envoy Lee In-je, Minister for Trade Bark Tae-ho
      • 2014   January President Park Geun-Hye
      • 2016   April Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lim Sung-nam
      • 2017   January Minister for Industry and Trade Ju Hyeong-hwan
      • 2018   January Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2018   October Chairman of National Assembly Moon Hee-sang
      • 2019   January Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
      • 2020   January Minister for SMEs and Startups Park Young-sun
      • 2020   January Minister for Trade Yoo Myung-hee
      • 2021   November Minister for Unification Lee In-young
      • 2021   November National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok
      • 2022   July Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lee Do-hoon
      • 2022   October Mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon
      • 2022   October President of Korea-Swiss National Assembly Member friendship Association, Lee Jong-bae
      • 2023   January President Yoon Suk-yeol
      • 2023   May Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Kim Young-joo
    • From Switzerland to the ROK
      • 2003   May Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheline Calmy-Rey
      • 2003   November Minister for Economy Joseph Deiss
      • 2006   March Minister of Defense Samuel Schmid
      • 2009   October Vice President Doris Leuthard
      • 2011   July Minister of Defence Civil Protection and Sport Ueli Maurer
      • 2011   September State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Peter Maurer
      • 2012   March Minister of Foreign Affairs Burkhalter (Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2013   July Minister of Economic Affairs Education and Research Schneider-Ammann
      • 2014   December State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Yves Rossier
      • 2015   July Minster of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication Doris Leuthard
      • 2016   July President Johann Schneider-Ammann
      • 2017   April President of Swiss-Korea National Assembly Member Friendship Association C. Wasserfallen
      • 2018   February President Alain Berset
      • 2018   March State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Pascale Baeriswyl
      • 2019   May State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Pascale Baeriswyl
      • 2023   May Minister of Economic Affairs, Education and Research Guy Parmelin
      • 2024   February Minister of Foreign Affairs Ignazio Cassis

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• Related links

  • Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Swiss Confederation
  • Embassy of Switzerland in the Republic of Korea