Charming Jeju Island (75 photos)
Implement the open door policy. 1988 after Lu Taiyu took office, it vigorously promoted "northern diplomacy" and developed relations with socialist countries. Since then, successive governments have pursued active foreign policies. South Korea and North Korea joined the United Nations on September 199 1.
From 65438 to February 0998, after taking office, Kim Dae-jung continued to work hard to consolidate the alliance with the United States and Japan, and at the same time to strengthen friendly relations with China and Russia. On the policy toward the DPRK, Kim Dae-jung pursued the "sunshine policy", put forward the "three principles" of not using force against each other, not absorbing reunification, and strengthening exchanges and cooperation between the North and the South, and advocated a "package plan" to end the cold war structure on the Korean Peninsula in order to fundamentally solve the Korean Peninsula issue.
It has basically formed a multi-level and all-round diplomatic pattern with the Korea-US alliance as the basic axis, strengthening the four major diplomatic relations between the United States, Japan and China, and actively participating in regional and international affairs.
After President Roh Moo-hyun took office in February 2003, he emphasized the development of mutually beneficial and equal relations between South Korea and the United States, promoted regional cooperation between South Korea, China and Japan in Northeast Asia, strengthened relations with Russia, ASEAN, the European Union and other countries, and actively participated in regional and international affairs.
As of 20 10 1 1, 45 countries and regions have signed free trade agreements with South Korea.
In the 1960s, the Korean economy began to take off. Since 1970s, it has been growing at a high speed, and the per capita GNP has increased from 65,438 US dollars to 87 US dollars in 0,962.
Busan, the second largest city in South Korea (23 photos)
It increased to 1996+ 10548 USD, creating a "miracle of the Hanjiang River". From 65438 to 0997, after the Asian financial crisis, the Korean economy entered a period of medium-speed growth. After the financial turmoil in September 2008, South Korea was once thought to be the second bankrupt country following Iceland's footsteps. However, in less than a year, the situation has changed dramatically, and South Korea has become the fastest growing among the 30 OECD member countries: the average growth rate of OECD, which represents clubs in developed countries, is exactly 0% in the second quarter, while the economic growth rate of South Korea in the first quarter of 2009 was 0. 1%, 2.6% in the second quarter and 2.9% in the third quarter. In 20 10, the per capita national income of Korea exceeded 2 1640 USD (exchange rate method). As for foreign exchange reserves, as of the end of February 20 12, South Korea's foreign exchange reserves were 3158 billion. South Korea is the seventh largest exporter and the ninth largest importer in the world. The official entry into force of Korea-Europe Free Trade Agreement and Korea-US Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) made Korea the first country in the world to sign free trade agreements with both the European Union and the United States.
Steel, automobile, shipbuilding, electronics and textiles are the pillar industries in Korea, among which shipbuilding and automobile manufacturing are world-renowned. Large enterprise groups occupy a very important position in the Korean economy, such as Samsung, Hyundai Motor, SK, LG and KT.
Incheon, the third largest city in South Korea (28 photos)
The output value created by large enterprise groups accounts for more than 60% of its national economy.
In 2007, the per capita gross national income of South Korea exceeded the $20,000 mark for the first time, reaching $265,438+06,950. Affected by the international financial crisis, the per capita gross national income of South Korea in 2008 fell to $65,438+929,600 yuan. In 2009, it dropped to $65,438+$0.765,438+$0.93 million. [ 15]
In 20 10, Korea's economy grew by 6.2%, and its per capita gross national income once again exceeded the $20,000 mark.
South Korea's trade volume first reached 1 000 million US dollars in 1964, 1974 and 1988 respectively, and exceeded 500 billion US dollars in 2005. As of 20 1165438+February 5, South Korea's total export this year was $51500 million, and its total import was $485 billion, making it the ninth country in the world to break through1trillion.
By the end of February of 20 12, South Korea's foreign exchange reserves had increased by 4.46 billion US dollars from the previous month to 3 158 billion US dollars, a record high. Among South Korea's foreign exchange reserves, bonds and other securities amounted to US$ 289.5 billion, an increase of US$ 4.26 billion from the previous month. Investment reserve was $654.38+0.797 billion, an increase of $654.38+0.2 billion from the previous month; The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Special Drawing Rights (SDR) was 3.56 billion US dollars, an increase of 70 million US dollars from the previous month; The reserve position of the International Monetary Fund was $2.6 billion, an increase of $20 million from the previous month; The gold reserve was US$ 265,438+US$ 700 million, which was flat from the previous month.
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