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created a break in Franco-Korean relations. For more than 40 years, from 1906 to 1949, France did not have diplomatic representation in Korea. However, despite closure of the embassy, this did not mean that relations ended altogether. In 1919, a delegation of the Korean government in exile was opened
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Catholic Christianity in Korea. The first French missionary to Korea, Father Philippe Maubant, arrived in the country in 1836. After that date, missionaries would continue to come to Korea from
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improved cultural and economic links between the two countries. Though South Korea changed greatly in the following decades, the two countries continued to maintain normal diplomatic relations. The year 2002 was the first in which the number of French citizens present in South Korea surpassed the
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concluded that only a large cavalry division could stand up to French firepower. An ambush by Korean forces on a French party attempting to occupy the strategically located
Cheondeung Temple 傳燈寺 on the island's south coast resulted in French casualties. French realization that they were far
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along with his translator, Maurice
Courant. He would later be known as the "father" of Korean studies in France. In France, the first records of a Korean living there permanently, Hong Jong-u, who arrived there not too long after official relations were established. Arriving in
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Economic relations between the two nations are strong. French exports to South Korea were worth €2.6 billion Euros in 2006, and France was the seventh largest investor in the
Republic of Korea. South Korean exports to France during the same period were worth €4.1 billion.
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was a turning point that helped strengthen relations between the two countries. Before that time, relations had always been more or less limited to a few individuals at governmental level. News of the war introduced
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That same year France launched a punitive expedition against Korea, invading and occupying portions of
Ganghwa Island in the fall of 1866. At the first battle, the Korean infantry division lost heavily, and General
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European countries not to have official diplomatic relations with the
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in 1890, he spent a few years working in France in a museum where he would be very helpful in establishing the first Korean Art and
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have spanned over a period from the 19th century to the present. In 2016, France and Korea celebrated the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the countries.
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