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Africa is a huge consumer market with a population of 1.4 billion and a GDP of $3.4 trillion, but South Korea's trade with Africa accounts for only 1.9% of total trade. South Korea has plans to further strengthen economic cooperation with Africa. [6]
4–5 June – 2024 South Korea–Africa Summit: President Yoon and representatives from 48 African countries held a summit meeting in Ilsan, Gyeonggi-do. 4 June – The State Council of South Korea suspends the 2018 Panmunjom Declaration due to border tensions over balloons sent by North Korea.
In addition, the Korea-Africa Summit promoted Korea-Africa relations by adopting a joint declaration on economic cooperation and agreeing to start a ministerial-level mineral dialogue. [ 22 ] "We [South Korea and Africa] hope to expand mutually beneficial resource cooperation by establishing the Critical Minerals Partnership with major African ...
South Korea is set to sign an agreement next week with eight African nations to help boost rice production and cut their dependence on imports, Agriculture Minister Chung Hwang-keun told Reuters ...
South America XXXI: 5 August 2016: 21 August 2016: Pyeongchang South Korea: 2018 Asia XXIII: 9 February 2018: 25 February 2018 § Tokyo Japan: 2020 XXXII: 23 July 2021 [k] 8 August 2021 [k] Beijing China: 2022 XXIV: 4 February 2022: 20 February 2022: Paris [l] France: 2024 Europe XXXIII: 26 July 2024: 11 August 2024: Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo ...
As of December 2024, Yoon Suk Yeol has made 21 presidential foreign trips to 27 countries since his inauguration. On 9 December 2024, South Korea's Ministry of Justice issued an overseas travel ban against Yoon following an investigation into allegations of rebellion linked to his brief imposition of martial law .
South Africa competed at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from 19 January to 1 February 2024. This was South Africa's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012. The South African team consisted of one female alpine skier.
In the case of South Africa, due to apartheid, South Korea did not move forward the political ties. [14] However, through the rapid growth of South Korea since the 1970s and the expansion of intensive diplomatic outreach in Africa, South Korea gained enough political support from most African countries to hold the 1988 Seoul Olympics. [14]