Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : April 4, 1961
Bilateral Trade (2020)
Exports : $3,987 million(Passenger car, Electric car, Data recorder, Pharmaceuticals)
Imports : $6,230 million(Equipment for the purpose of semiconductor manufacturing, Components of equipment for the purpose of semiconductor manufacturing, Dairy, Passenger car)
Bilateral Investments(~ 2019)
The ROK's Investment in Netherlands : $17.9 billion
Netherlands's Investment in the ROK : $32 billion
Number of Koreans living in Netherlands(2019) : 8,601
High-level Exchanges
From the ROK to Netherlands
1989 SeptemberMinister of Commerce and Industry Han Seung-soo
1999 MarchMayor of Seoul Koh Gun, Governor of Kyunggi Province Lim Chang-ryeol
2000 OctoberROK-Netherlands Summit during the 3rd ASEM Summit
2002 SeptemberPresident Kim Dae-jung
2006 OctoberSpeaker of the National Assembly Lim Chae-jung
2007 OctoberMinister of Foreign Affairs Song Min-soon
2007 MarchSpecial Envoy of the President Park Myung-jae
2007 AugustMinister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kang Moo-hyun
2009 MarchMinister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
2009 AprilPrime Minister Han Seung-soo
2011 AprilSpecial Envoy of the President Park Geun-hye
2013 AprilSpecial Envoy of the President Suh Sang-kee (to attend the coronation of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)
2014 MarchPresident Park Geun-hye
2015 AprilMinister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se
2021 JulyROK-The Netherlands Virtual Summit
From Netherlands to the ROK
1985 AprilPrime Minister Ruud Lubbers
1992 SeptemberMinister of Economic Affairs Koos Andriessen
1996 JunePrime Minister Willem Kok
1999 JuneCrown Prince Willem-Alexander
2000 OctoberPrime Minister Willem Kok (To attend the third ASEM meeting)
2003 JulyMinister of Foreign Trade Karien van Gennip
2005 MayFormer Prime Minister Willem Kok (To attend the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government)
2008 OctoberMinister of Foreign Affairs Verhagen
2010 AprilPrime Minister Balkenende
2012 MarchMinister of Foreign Affairs Uriël Rosenthal (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
2014 NovemberKing Willem-Alexander
2015 AprilMinister of Infrastructure and the Enviroment Schultz van Haegan
2016 SeptemberPrime Minister Mark Rutte
2018 FebruaryKing Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima(Pyeongchang Winter Olympics)
2018 FebruaryPrime Minister Mark Rutte(Pyeongchang Winter Olympics)
2019 NovemberMinister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok
