Serbia and South Korea maintain diplomatic relations established between the SFR Yugoslavia and South Korea in 1989.[1]
History
South Korea established formal diplomatic relations with Yugoslavia in 1989. Both countries opened resident embassies in 1990. Korean foreign minister Choe Ho-jung visited Yugoslavia in 1990. That same year, Yugoslav president Borisav Jović visited South Korea and arranged an air transport agreement between two countries.
While the Yugoslav wars raged, the South Korean embassy withdrew from Serbia in 1993. Then they maintained deputy diplomatic ties until 1998. South Korea fully withdrew from Serbia in 1998 and the Korean embassy in Bucharest, Romania, held additional post of an embassy to Serbia. Serbia also withdrew from South Korea in 1999 and the Serbian embassy in Tokyo, Japan, held additional post of an embassy to South Korea.
South Korea reopened embassy in Serbia in 2002. Serbia also reopened their embassy in South Korea the same month.[2] The same year, KOTRA (Korea Trade Promotion Corporation) opened trade building in Belgrade. The Serbian Ministry of Trade & Industry and Korea International Trade Association (KITA) concluded a cooperation agreement in 2005. South Korea and Serbia made an agreement on amity in 2006.
