Nepal–South Korea relations
Bilateral relations
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Nepal–South Korea relations are the foreign relations between Nepal and South Korea.
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History
Nepal–South Korea relations were officially established on 15 May 1974.[1] The same year, South Korea opened its embassy in Kathmandu, and Nepal opened its embassy in Seoul in 2007.[1][2]
In 2016, former Speaker of the National Assembly, Chung Ui-hwa visited Nepal, and Chairman of the National Assembly of Nepal, Ganesh Prasad Timilsina visited South Korea in 2019.[3]
In 2004, it was reported that there were more than 4,600 Nepali migrant workers in South Korea.[4] The same year, it was also reported that more than every year around 10,000 South Koreans visit Nepal; remarkably, 29,680 tourists visited Nepal in 2019.[4][5]
South Korea provided US$1 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal following the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.[6][7]
