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French people began coming to Korea as early as the seventeenth century, when French Catholic missionaries first came to the country. [2] However, most missionaries came after the 1886 establishment of relations between France and the Joseon dynasty; the treaty signed between the two countries gave French missionaries the right to evangelise in Korea.
The French Intervention to Korea (French: Expédition française en Corée, Korean: 병인양요 [a]) was an 1866 punitive expedition undertaken by the Second French Empire against Joseon Korea in retaliation for the execution of seven French Catholic missionaries.
French exports to South Korea were worth €2.6 billion Euros in 2006, [13] and France was the seventh largest investor in the Republic of Korea. [14] South Korean exports to France during the same period were worth €4.1 billion.
The French Battalion of the United Nations Organisation (French: Bataillon français de l'Organisation des Nations unies, or BF-ONU) was a battalion of volunteers made up of active and reserve French military personnel sent to the Korean Peninsula as part of the UN force fighting in the Korean War.
The list of ambassadors of France to South Korea began after diplomatic relations were established in 1886. The official title of this French diplomat is "Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the French Republic to the Republic of Korea" (ambassadrice extraordinaire et plénipotentiaire de la République française auprès de la République de Corée).
Seorae Village (Korean: 서래마을), sometimes nicknamed "Montmartre", due to its hilltop location, or sometimes "French Village", is a small, affluent French ethnic enclave in Banpo-dong & Bangbae-dong, Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea.
Reverse of the Korean Medal Insignia of the French Battalion in the Korean War. The Commemorative medal for United Nations operations in Korea (French: Médaille commémorative des opérations de l'ONU en Corée) was a French commemorative war medal established on 8 January 1952 by decree 52-34 [1] for award to members of the French armed forces who fought in the Korean War.
Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (16 March 1818 – 30 March 1866) was a French missionary and saint. His feast day is March 30 , [ 1 ] and he is also venerated along with the rest of the 103 Korean martyrs on September 20 .