​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : February 10, 1992
  • Bilateral Trade (2023)
  • Exports : $ 375 million (Truck, Car, Tire, Medical Equipment, etc.)
  • Imports : $ 649 million (Grain, Vegetable oil, Feed, etc.)
  • The ROK's Investment in Ukraine(~2022) : $384 million
  • Number of Korean nationals in Ukraine(2023) : 54
  • * Number of Ethnic Koreans in Ukraine : Approx. 13,000
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Ukraine
      • 1992  June Lee Sang-ok, Minister of Foreign Affairs
      • 2001  July Kim Young-hwan, Minister of Science and Technology
      • 2002  October Kim Young-jin, Special Envoy to the President
      • 2005  September Lee Hae-chan, Prime Minister
      • 2006  October Lim Chae-jung, Chairperson of the National Assembly
      • 2011  September Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister
      • 2012  August Lee Jae-oh, Presidential Envoy
      • 2013  October Kang Chang-hee, Speaker of the National Assembly
      • 2015 MarchCho Jung-sik, President of the Korea-Ukraine Parliamentary Friendship Group
      • 2017 NovemberCho Byung-je, President of the IFANS
      • 2023 JulyYoon Suk Yeol, President of the Republic of Korea
      • 2023 SeptemberWon Hee Ryong, Minister of Land, Intrastructure and Transport
    • From Ukraine to the ROK
      • 1995  March Chairman of the Supreme Council O. Moroz
      • 1995  November Minister of Foreign Affairs H. Udovenko
      • 1996  December President L. Kuchma
      • 2000  June Minister of Science and Education V. Kremen'
      • 2000  November Chiarman of the Supreme Council I. Plyushch
      • 2001  March Madam President L. Kuchma
      • 2004  June Minister of Foreign Affairs K. Hryshchenko
      • 2005  May The Chairperson of the Committee of National Administration T. Motrenko
      • 2006  December President V. Yushchenko
      • 2009  July Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
      • 2010  December Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Volodymyr Lytvyn
      • 2011  December Vice Prime Minister-Minister of Infrastructure Kolesnikov
      • 2012  March President V. Yanukovych (Nuclear Security Summit)
      • 2015  September Minister of Foreign Affairs Klimkin
      • 2018  April Deputy Prime Minister Kubiv
      • 2018  December Chairman of the Supreme Council A.Parubii
      • 2019 December Maksym Sokolyuk, Chairman of the State Migration Service
      • 2021 March Dmytro Abramovich, First Deputy Minister of Infrastructure
      • 2022 June Dmytro Senik, Minister of Foreign Affairs
      • 2022  July Andrii Nikolaienko, President of the Ukraine-Korea Parliamentary Frienship Group
      • 2022  November Oleksandr Korniienko, 1st Deputy Chairman of the Verkohvna Rada
      • 2023  May Olena Zelenska, First lady of Ukraine / Yulia Svyrydenko, 1st Vice Prime Minister
      • 2023 October Andrii Nikolaienko, President of the Ukraine-Korea Parliamentary Frienship Group
      • 2024  May Andrii Nikolaienko, President of the Ukraine-Korea Parliamentary Frienship Group
      • 2024  May Andrii Nikolaienko, President of the Ukraine-Korea Parliamentary Frienship Group
      • 2024  November Rustem Umerov, Minister of Defense and Special Envoy of the President

• Related documents

  • 4th Meeting of ROK-Ukraine Intergovernmental Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation Takes Place
  • 8th ROK-Ukraine Policy Consultations Take Place
  • ROK and Ukrainian Heads of State Exchange Celebratory Messages to Mark 25th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations
  • Remarks by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Joint Press Statement following the Korea-Ukraine Summit (15 July 2023)

• Related links

  • Embassy of ROK in Ukraine
  • Embassy of Ukraine in the ROK