Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong

Bilateral Relations

Bilateral Relations

Bilateral Relations
Bilateral Relations

1. History of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong

1 May 1949	Establishment of Consulate of the Republic of Korea
29 Nov 1949	Upgraded to Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea
1 July 1997	Hand-over of Hong Kong sovereignty from G. B. to P.R.C. Establishment of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region(HKSAR)
26 May 2023	Mr.Yoo Hyungcheol appointed as the 29th Consul-General

2. Recent High-level Exchanges

I. From Korea to Hong Kong

Jan 1993	N.C. Whang, Vice Speaker of the National Assembly
Oct 1993	S.J. Hahn, Minister of Foreign Affairs, addresses Asia Society in Hong Kong
Aug 1994	C.J. Kim, Minister of Trade and Industry, discusses his candidacy for the Secretary General of the WTO
Sep 1995	H.K. Lee, Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea
July 1997	C.H. Ryu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, attends the Hand-over Ceremony
Aug 1998	Kim Dae-jung, President of the Republic of Korea
Apr 2000	Lee, Joung-binn, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Sep 2003	K. Y. Park, Speaker of the National Assembly
Apr 2004	H. J. Lee, Deputy Prime Minister
Feb 2006	D. J. Chin, Minister of Information and Communication
Sep 2006	Y. C. Jeon, Chairman of Board of Audit and Inspection
Nov 2006	O. K. Kwon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy
Nov 2006	J. H. Rho, Minister of Information and Communication
Mar 2007	M.S. Kim, Covernor of Gyeonggi Province
Apr 2007	S.S. Ahn, Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City
June 2007	Y. H. Lee, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
July 2007	O. K. Kwon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economy
Sep 2007	J.S. Kim, Governor of Gangwon Province
Sep 2008	Park , Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City
Nov 2008	J.Y.Park , Governor of Jeollanam-do Province
Feb 2009	C.J. Lim, Former Speaker of the National Assembly (HKSAR Sponsored visitors Program)
Jun 2009	D.S.Chin, Chairman of the Financial Services Commission(FSC)
Nov 2009	H.O.Kim, Speaker of the National Assembly
Nov 2009	S.H.Oh, Mayor of the Seoul Metropolitan City
Mar 2010	J. Park, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee of the National Assembly
Mar 2010	S.Y.Lee, Minister of Government Legislation
Sep 2010	K.T.Lee, Senior Vice Chairman of the National Unification Advisory Council (NUAC)
Feb 2011	Y.R.Kim, Chairperson of the Anti-corruption and civil Rights Commission (ACRC)
Mar 2011	B.G. Choung, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism(MCST)
July 2011	D.G. Seol, Vice Minister I of Education, Science and Technology(MEST)
Jun 2012	W.S.Park Mayor of SEOUL
Jun 2012	S.D. Kim, Chairman of Financial Service Commission
Sep 2012	D.S. Han, Chairman of Korea International Trade Association
Jan 2013	J.Y. Park, Minister of Strategy and Finance
Oct 2013	J.Y. Shin, Chairman of Financial Service Commission
Feb 2014	U.C. Baek, Commissioner of Korea Customs Service
Jan 2015	T.H. Park, Minister for Trade
July 2015	J.D. Kim, Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Mar 2016	I.H. Kim, Chairman of Korea International Trade Association(KITA)
Jun 2016	W.S. Jin, Governor of Financial Supervisory Service(FSS)
Sep 2017	K.T. Lim, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Nov 2017	J.N. Oh, Saemangeum Committee
Jan 2018	The National Assembly Representatives
Aug 2018	J.Y. LEE, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
Jan 2019	J.B. Chun, Member of the National Assembly
Jan 2019	W.S. Park, Mayor of Seoul
Aug2019	J.H. Lee, S.H. Kang, S.S. Kim, Members of National Assembly
Jan 2020	M.S. Kim, Y.S. Cheong, Members of National Assembly
Jan 2023	K.M. Ban, Former Secretary-General of the United Nations
Feb 2023	T.S. Yoon, Commissioner of the Korea Customs Service
Mar 2023	J.B. Yoo, Mayor of Incheon Metropolitan City
May 2023	H.R. Baek, S.J. Park, B.D. Min, J.G. Yoon, Members of National Assembly
Oct 2023	B.S. Park, S.H. Kim, M.S. Lee, W.W. Lee, H.C. Jeon, Members of National Assembly

II. From Hong Kong to Korea

Apr 1994	Nan Jhou, Head of the Xin Hwa News Agency
Dec 1994	Chris Patten, the first Governor of Hong Kong to visit Korea
Mar 1996	Gorden Siu, Secretary for Economy signs Air Agreement with Korea
Oct 2003	Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration
Jan/Sep 2005	Henry Tang, Chief Secretary for Finance
Dec 2005	Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of HKSAR (APEC Summit)
Oct 2006	Joseph Wong, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
May 2007	Joseph Wong, Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology
Sep 2007	York Chow, Secretary for Food and Health
Nov 2008	Ambrose Lee, Secretary for Security
Feb 2009	Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of HKSAR
May 2009	Edward Yau, Secretary for the Environment
Nov 2009	K.C.Chan, Secretary for Financial Service&the Treasury
July 2010	Michael Suen, Secretary for Education
Nov 2010	Jasper Tsang, President of Legislative Council
Mar 2011	Carrie Lam, Secretary for Development
May 2011	Eva Cheng, Secretary for Transport and Housing
May 2012	Kenneth Chen, Undersecretary for education
Apr 2013	Wong Kam Sing, Secretary for Environment
May 2013	Eddie NG, Secretary for Education
Oct 2013	K.C.Chan, Secretary for Financial Services and Treasury
Nov 2013	Rimsky Yuen, Secretary for Justice
Feb/Nov 2014	Gregory So, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Sep 2014	Tsang Tak-sing, Secretary for Home Affairs
Nov 2014	C.Y. Leung, Chief Executive
Mar 2015	Clement Cheung, Commissioner of Customs and Excise
Mar 2016	Gregory So, Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development
Mar 2016	Rimsky Yuen, Secretary for Justice
Nov 2017	C.Y. Leung, Vice-chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC
Oct 2019	Teresa Cheng, Secretary for Justice
Jul 2022	C.Y. Leung, Vice-chairman of the National Committee of the CPPCC

3. Agreements between Korea and Hong Kong

July 1996	Agreement on Air Services
May 1997	Agreement for the Continuity of the Consulate General of the ROK in HKSAR
June 1997	Agreement on Investment Promotion and Protection
Nov 1998	Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters
Feb 2007	Agreement for the Surrender of Fugitive Offenders
Nov 2010	Working Holiday Programme MOU
May 2013	Agreement on Transfer of Sentenced Persons