​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : October 31, 1959
  • Trade and Investment :
    • ROK exports to Brazil(2023) : 43.4 billion USD
    • Brazilian exports to the ROK(2023) : 67.2 billion USD
    • ROK aggregate investments in Brazil(2023) : 118 billion USD
  • Number of Koreans living in Brazil : around 50,000
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Brazil to the ROK
      • 2001   January President  Fernando H. Cardoso
      • 2005   May President  Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
      • 2010   October President  Lula and President-elect  Dilma Rousseff
      • 2012   March Vice President  Michel Temer
      • 2015   May Minister of Education, Renato Janine Ribeiro
      • 2016   September Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Blairo Maggi
      • 2018   May Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aloysio Nunes and Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services, Marcos Lima
      • 2021   March Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Marcos Pontes
      • 2021   August Minister of Communication, Fabio Faria
      • 2022   October Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Leonardo Barros
      • 2023   May Senator Marcos Pontes (President of Brasil-Korea Parliamentary Association)
      • 2023   July Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Favaro
      • 2024   August President of the Federal Court of Accounts Bruno Dantas
    • From the ROK to Brazil
      • 1996   September President  Kim Young-sam
      • 2004   November President  Roh Moo-hyun
      • 2008   November President  Lee Myung-bak
      • 2011   January Prime Minister  Kim Hwang-sik
      • 2012   May Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kim Sung-hwan
      • 2012   June President  Lee Myung-bak
      • 2015   April President  Park Geun-hye
      • 2018   March Prime Minister, Lee Nak-yon
      • 2019   January Special Envoy Jeon Haecheol and Member of the National Assembly Choi Inho
      • 2019   July President of Parliamentary Diplomacy Forum on Latin America and the Caribbean Kim Moosung and Members of Korea-Brazil Parliamentary Friendship Group
      • 2023   January Special Envoy Jung Jin-seok(Inauguration of the President of Brazil)
      • 2024   February Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul(G20)
      • 2024   May National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin-pyo
      • 2024   August Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Choi Sang-mok(G20)
      • 2024   October Minister for Health and Welfare Cho Kyu-hong(G20)
      • 2024   November National Assembly Speaker, Woo Won-shik(P20)