Austria and South Korea Celebrate 120 Years of Bilateral Relations

Politics ♦ Published: June 26, 2012; 15:22 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria´s Foreign Minister Spindelegger: "Relationships between South Korea and Austria better than ever".

Austria and South Korea Celebrate 120 Years of Bilateral Relations / Picture: © Vindobona.org

"South Korea is known in Austria as a country of rapid economic upswing and highly developed technologies; and South Koreans know Austria as a country of art and in particular of beautiful music. Very often, however, people tend to forget that there is much more to the relationships between our two countries. In 2011, Austrian exports to South Korea rose by 31.4 percent; South Korea is…