Portuguese-South Korean relations

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The Portuguese-South Korean relations describe the intergovernmental relationship between Portugal and South Korea . The countries have had direct diplomatic relations since 1961.

The relations are determined by bilateral trade, but also by cultural exchange and the increasing South Korean tourism in Portugal . In addition, Portugal shares South Korea's concerns about the threat posed by the North Korean nuclear weapons program and is one of the countries that condemn it.

In 2015, 182 citizens of South Korea were registered in Portugal, with 113 most of them in the capital Lisbon . In 2014, 224 Portuguese citizens were registered in the Portuguese consulates in South Korea.

There are at least two bilateral city ​​partnerships , between Alcochete and Waudo and between Vila do Bispo and Tongyeong .

history

Portuguese map of Asia from 1630

It is believed that Portuguese sailors were the first Europeans to travel to Korea. The Portuguese trader João Mendes went ashore in Tongyeong in 1604 and has been the first Portuguese in Korea ever since. The town twinning between Tongyeong and Vila do Bispo goes back to this historical event.

The Portuguese missionary Luís Fróis had previously devoted ten chapters to Korea in his History of Japan (1549–1578) . Other Portuguese authors and cartographers also made early references to Korea, including Tomé Pires , Fernão Mendes Pinto , Fernão Vaz Dourado and Gaspar de Vilela . Thanks to the Portuguese navigators and missionaries, the first comprehensive information about the existence and nature of Korea reached the West.

After that, Portuguese attention focused on China and Japan, while Korea came under the rule of the Manchu as the Joseon Kingdom and consistently sealed itself off from abroad until the end of the 19th century. After that, the influence of Japan determined the politics of Korea, which became a Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945.

In 1948 the South Korean Republic of Korea and the North Korean Democratic People's Republic of Korea were founded . The following Korean War (1950–1953) sealed the division. The anti-communist Estado Novo regime in Portugal initially had no official relations with the Korean Peninsula until it arranged its first diplomatic ties with South Korea in 1961, without however sending an ambassador.

A change occurred after the end of the Portuguese dictatorship with the Carnation Revolution in 1974. In June 1975 South Korea opened its embassy in Lisbon, on 14 May 1977 accredited with Pedro Martim Madeira de Andrade , Portugal's ambassador to Japan, the first time a Portuguese diplomat in Seoul. In 1988 Portugal opened its own embassy in Seoul.

In 1984 Portugal's Prime Minister Mário Soares toured South Korea, and in 1987 South Korean Prime Minister Roh Shin-yeong came to Portugal. Since then there have been a number of state visits. Portugal's President Aníbal Cavaco Silva last visited South Korea in 2014.

The Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva joined the international protests against the North Korean nuclear tests in January 2016. He was very concerned about North Korea's threats to international peace and security in South Korea and expected clear steps from the United Nations .

diplomacy

Portugal maintains its embassy in the South Korean capital Seoul, whose administrative district also includes North Korea . There is also a Portuguese honorary consulate in Busan .

South Korea is represented in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, at 36 Avenida Miguel Bombarda , in the former municipality of Nossa Senhora de Fátima . A South Korean consulate has also been set up in Porto .

economy

Samsung advertising at Lisbon Airport : Samsung has had a subsidiary in Portugal since 1982

The Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP has a branch in Seoul.

Some South Korean companies are represented in Portugal, including the Samsung group (since 1982), the air conditioning manufacturer and auto supplier Halla Climate (since 1996) and the electronics group LG Group (since 2000).

Bilateral trade

In 2016, Portugal exported goods and services worth 130.4 million euros to South Korea (2015: 115.2 million; 2014: 80.0 million; 2013: 122.0 million; 2012: 112.3 million .), with shares in goods of 39.6% for plastics, 16.3% for machines and devices, 5.6% for metals, 5.5% for ores and minerals and 4.4% for chemical-pharmaceutical products .

In the same period, South Korea delivered goods and services worth EUR 310.4 million to Portugal (2015: 303.8 million; 2014: 267.3 million; 2013: 226.1 million; 2012: 172.9 million .). In terms of goods, 32.6% were plastics, 27.1% machines and devices, 14.0% metals, 12.2% vehicles and vehicle parts and 5.1% chemical-pharmaceutical products.

This made South Korea the 45th buyer and the 22nd supplier of Portuguese foreign trade in goods. In South Korean foreign trade in goods, Portugal ranked 73rd among buyers and 68th among suppliers.

tourism

With overnight spending of 12.5 million euros in 2016 (2015: 9.6 million; 2014: 5.4 million; 2013: 4.8 million; 2012: 5.3 million), South Korean tourists represented 0 . 1% of Portuguese tourism .

The Korean market is one of the future markets for tourism in Portugal. Also due to the high per capita spending on travel by international comparison, South Korean visitors should be promoted more intensively.

Culture

The Portuguese cultural institute Instituto Camões is present in South Korea, in particular with a language center and with a lecturer at the Hankuk University for Foreign Languages in Seoul.

The Portuguese music group Madredeus , which also performed in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in 1989, also gave guest performances in South Korea. Other Portuguese artists who have made guest appearances include a number of Fado singers, including Mariza and Kátia Guerreiro . The folk dance ensemble Kotti and Choi Sun Dance came to Portugal from Korea in 2011 , where they performed at the 26th International Folklore Festival in Monção .

To mark the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Portugal and South Korea, various events were held in 2011, including the South Korean Film Week in the Cinemateca Portuguesa and an exhibition Koo Jeong As from April 15 to July 3, 2011 in the renowned Museu Calouste Gulbenkian . Some books were also published in the other country in 2011, including Gonçalo M. Tavares Jerusalém (German title: The Disabled ) and Sin Kyong-suks Por favor cuida da mamã (German title: When mother disappeared).

Sports

Soccer

Hyun Jun Suk, one of the few South Korean players in Portugal

The South Korean national soccer team and the Portuguese national team have met once so far (as of February 2017). At the 2002 World Cup, the Portuguese team lost 1-0 to the hosts in Incheon, South Korea on June 14, 2002 .

Footballers are rarely active in the other country. Suk Hyun-jun , who played for several Portuguese clubs, including FC Porto , and Shin Il-su , who was under contract with Varzim SC in 2017, are among the few examples .

The Portuguese women's selection and the South Korean women's national team have not yet played against each other (as of March 2017).

Taekwondo

The Korean martial arts Taekwondo has been practiced in Portugal since 1974 , today in around 140 Taekwondo schools across the country. The Federação Portuguesa de Taekwondo is the responsible umbrella organization in Portugal.

At the 2011 Taekwondo World Championships in Gyeongju , South Korea , Rui Bragança won a silver medal.

Web links

Commons : South Korean-Portuguese Relations  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the South Korean Embassy in Lisbon , accessed on April 8, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Portugal critica teste nuclear "condenável a todos os títulos" ["Portugal criticizes nuclear test as" to be condemned in every way "], article of January 6, 2016 in the Portuguese newspaper Diário de Notícias , accessed on April 7, 2017
  3. ↑ Official alien statistics by district , Portuguese Aliens and Border Agency SEF, accessed on April 8, 2017
  4. ↑ Website on South Korean-Portuguese migration (Table A.3) at the Portuguese scientific Observatório da Emigração , accessed on April 8, 2017
  5. ↑ a b c Statements by the former Portuguese ambassador in Seoul on European-Korean relations in the North Korea blog of the Portuguese journalist Rita Colaço, accessed on April 7, 2017
  6. ↑ a b page on Korean-Portuguese relations ( memento of the original from August 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (port.), Portuguese Embassy in Seoul, accessed April 22, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.portugalseoul.com
  7. ↑ a b c d website on South Korean-Portuguese relations , South Korean Embassy in Portugal, accessed on April 22, 2017
  8. ↑ Overview of diplomatic relations with South Korea , diplomatic institute of the Portuguese Foreign Ministry , accessed on May 4, 2019
  9. ↑ List of Portuguese missions abroad , Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, accessed on April 7, 2017
  10. ↑ Contact details on the website of the Embassy of South Korea in Lisbon , accessed on April 7, 2017
  11. ^ Entry of the South Korean consulates in Portugal on www.embaixadas.net, accessed on April 7, 2017
  12. ^ Overview of AICEP activities in South Korea , AICEP website, accessed on April 7, 2017
  13. ↑ a b c d Bilateral economic relations between Portugal and South Korea , Excel file retrieval from the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce AICEP , accessed on April 7, 2017
  14. ↑ Overview of the activities of the Instituto Camões in South Korea , accessed on April 8, 2017
  15. ↑ Jorge P. Pires: Madredeus - To Futuro Maior. Temas & Debates / Círculo de Leitores , Lisbon 1995 ( ISBN 972-759-008-X ), text and photo No. 6, photo pages between p. 128 and p. 129
  16. ↑ see list of the international matches of the South Korean national soccer team # international match balance sheets
  17. ↑ see list of the internationals of the Portuguese national soccer team # international match balance sheets