​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : April 4, 1961
  • Bilateral Trade (2020)
    • Exports : $3,987 million(Electric cars, Jet fuel and kerosene, Ferro-alloys, Passenger car)
    • Imports : $6,230 million(Equipment for the purpose of semiconductor manufacturing, Integrated circuit semiconductor, Components of equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, Dairy)
  • 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  September Minister of Commerce and Industry Han Seung-soo
      • 1999  March Mayor of Seoul Koh Gun, Governor of Kyunggi Province Lim Chang-ryeol
      • 2000  October ROK-Netherlands Summit during the 3rd ASEM Summit
      • 2002  September President Kim Dae-jung
      • 2006  October Speaker of the National Assembly Lim Chae-jung
      • 2007  October Minister of Foreign Affairs Song Min-soon
      • 2007  March Special Envoy of the President Park Myung-jae
      • 2007  August Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Kang Moo-hyun
      • 2009  March Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
      • 2009  April Prime Minister Han Seung-soo
      • 2011  April Special Envoy of the President Park Geun-hye
      • 2013  April Special Envoy of the President Suh Sang-kee
        (to attend the coronation of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands)
      • 2014  March President Park Geun-hye
      • 2015  April Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se
      • 2021  July ROK-The Netherlands Virtual Summit
    • From Netherlands to the ROK
      • 1985  April Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers
      • 1992  September Minister of Economic Affairs Koos Andriessen
      • 1996  June Prime Minister Willem Kok
      • 1999  June Crown Prince Willem-Alexander
      • 2000  October Prime Minister Willem Kok (To attend the third ASEM meeting)
      • 2003  July Minister of Foreign Trade Karien van Gennip
      • 2005  May Former Prime Minister Willem Kok (To attend the Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government)
      • 2008  October Minister of Foreign Affairs Verhagen
      • 2010  April Prime Minister Balkenende
      • 2012  March Minister of Foreign Affairs Uriël Rosenthal (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2014  November King Willem-Alexander
      • 2015  April Minister of Infrastructure and the Enviroment Schultz van Haegan
      • 2016  September Prime Minister Mark Rutte
      • 2018  February King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima(Pyeongchang Winter Olympics)
      • 2018  February Prime Minister Mark Rutte(Pyeongchang Winter Olympics)
      • 2019  November Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok

• Related documents

  • ROK and the Netherlands Sign the Bilateral MOU Relating to a Working Holiday Program

• Related links

  • Embassy in Netherlands
  • Royal Netherlands Embassy