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ASEAN-ROK relations

  • 1989
    • 11Establishment of a Sectoral Dialogue Partnership
  • 1991
    • 07Elevated to a Full Dialogue Partnership
  • 1997
    • 12Held the 1st ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the 1st ASEAN-ROK Summit
  • 2004
    • 11Adopted the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership between ASEAN and the ROK; joined the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia
  • 2005
    • 12Signed the Framework Agreement of ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement (AKFTA); set the aims for achieving the Joint Declaration on Comprehensive Cooperation Partnership between ASEAN and the ROK
  • 2006
    • 08Signed the Trade in Goods Agreement under the AKFTA
  • 2007
    • 11Signed the Trade in Services Agreement under the AKFTA
  • 2009
    • 03Establishment of the ASEAN-Korea Centre
    • 06Held the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Jeju in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations; Signed the Investment Agreement under the AKFTA
  • 2010
    • 10Adopted the Joint Declaration on the ASEAN-ROK Strategic Partnership for Peace and Prosperity
  • 2012
    • 09Established the ROK Mission to ASEAN
  • 2014
    • 12Held the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Busan in celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations
  • 2017
    • 05Sent ASEAN envoys to the Philippines, Indonesia, and Viet Nam
    • 09Founded the ASEAN Culture House in Busan
    • 11Declared the New Southern Policy; Announced the Joint Vision Statement
  • 2019
    • 11Held the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Busan in celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the ASEAN-ROK Dialogue Relations and the 1st Mekong-ROK Summit in Busan

Political and diplomatic relations

  • Established diplomatic relations with all ten ASEAN member states
    ※ North Korea has also established diplomatic relations with all ten nations
  • Summits and ministerial meetings actively held in commemoration of bilateral visits and multilateral meetings

Trade and human exchanges

  • Trade : USD 153.36 billion (surplus USD 37.4 billion/export USD 95.38 billion, import USD 57.98 billion), the no. 2 trading partner
  • Investment : USD 9.55 billion (no. 2 region for overseas investment)
  • Construction : USD 8 billion (no. 1 construction export market)
  • Visitors : 12.74 million annual visitors to and from Korea and ASEAN
    • - Korea → ASEAN : 10.05 million visitors (no.1 travel destination)
    • - ASEAN → Korea: 2.69 million

※ Source : Trade (Korea International Trade Association), investment (The Export-Import Bank of Korea), construction (International Contractors Association of Korea), visitors (Korea Tourism Organization)

ASEAN-ROK cooperation funds

  • About USD 120 million of cooperation funds provided from 1990 to 2020
  • Funds increased yearly since 2019 from USD 7 million to USD 14 million
  • ASEAN-ROK cooperative projects conducted upon agreement in the fields of ASEAN-ROK development cooperation, technology transfer, human resources development, culture, and academic exchanges
  • ASEAN-ROK Program Management Team (AKPMT) dedicated to the handling of ASEAN-ROK cooperation funds established in Jakarta, Indonesia, in December 2016

ASEAN-ROK Summit

  • (Dec. 1997) With the invitation of ASEAN during the 2nd Informal ASEAN Summit in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the ASEAN foundation, the leaders of Korea, China, and Japan took part in the 1st ASEAN Plus Three Summit and separate bilateral (ASEAN-plus-one) summits.
  • (Dec. 1998) After the 2nd ASEAN Plus Three Summit, the said summit became a regular summit along with the ASEAN-Korea, ASEAN-Japan, and ASEAN-China summits to discuss common interests

ASEAN-ROK Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Regularized Post Ministerial Conference (PMC), which the ten ASEAN member states and its ten dialogue partners participated since 1979

  • Korea hosts an ASEAN-ROK Foreign Ministers' Meeting around July and August every year, in connection with an ASEAN-related summit held at the country holding the ASEAN Chairmanship

AEM-ROK Consultations

During the 7th ASEAN Plus Three Summit in October 2003, it was discussed to hold the AEM-ROK Consultations in line with the ASEAN Economic Ministers' Meeting in 2004

  • ASEAN-Korea Free Trade Agreement and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership were the main agendas

ASEAN-ROK Dialogue

A deputy ministerial council that examines the cooperation relationship between ASEAN and Korea and discusses ways to promote cooperation in all areas of ASEAN-ROK politics, security, economy, society and culture.

  • After a security dialogue was separately held during the 18th ASEAN-ROK Dialogue in Busan on June 18–20, 2014, the ASEAN-ROK Security Dialogue has been installed as an individual program for the ASEAN-ROK Dialogue until 2018. However, the dialogues will be integrated and conducted via videoconference.
  • The agendas include traditional security issues, such as regional security, as well as non-traditional issues, such as counter-terrorism, food security, energy, and disaster management response
  • Discussion of Korean Peninsula and Southeast Asian affairs and ASEAN-ROK relations

Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC)

Established to discuss ASEAN-ROK cooperation in the fields of politics, economy, culture, environment, and education, held every first half of the year at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta; committee name changed from Joint Planning and Review Committee (JPRC) in 2014

  • JCC Working Group: Inspects cooperation projects executed by utilizing ASEAN-ROK cooperation funds granted by Korea