No.[1]
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State
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Commenced negotiation
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Officially Signed
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Fully enforced
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Notes
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1
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Chile
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14 December 1999
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15 February 2003
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1 April 2004
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South Korea's first-ever FTA
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2
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Singapore
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27 January 2004
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4 August 2005
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2 March 2006
|
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3
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European Free Trade Association
( Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)
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18 January 2005
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15 December 2005
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1 September 2006
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South Korea's first FTA with a regional block
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4
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ASEAN
( Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)
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23 February 2005
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24 August 2006 (goods)
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1 June 2007 (goods)
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agreements on goods, service and investment signed gradually from 2006 to 2009;
agreement on goods enforced in 2007 and others in 2009
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21 November 2007 (service)
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1 May 2009 (service)
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2 June 2009 (investment)
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1 September 2009 (investment)
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5
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India
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23 March 2006
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7 August 2009
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1 January 2010
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see Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between India and South Korea
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6
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European Union and its member states
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7 May 2007
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6 October 2010
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(1 July 2011)
13 December 2015
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see European Union–South Korea Free Trade Agreement;
enforced provisionally from 2011 and fully from 2015;[2]
EU's first trade agreement with environmental and labour components[3]
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7
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Peru
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16 March 2009
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21 March 2011
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1 August 2011
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see South Korea–Peru Free Trade Agreement
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8
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United States
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5 June 2006
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30 June 2007
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15 March 2012
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see United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement;
signed under Obama administration[4] and revised under Trump administration[5]
|
5 January 2018 (revised)
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24 September 2018 (revised)
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1 January 2019 (revised)
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9
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Turkey
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26 April 2010
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1 August 2012 (framework and goods)
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1 May 2013 (framework and goods)
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on framework and goods initially and service and investment three years later
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26 May 2015 (service and investment)
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1 August 2018 (service and investment)
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10
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Australia
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19 May 2009
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8 April 2014
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12 December 2014
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see Australia–Korea Free Trade Agreement
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11
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Canada
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28 July 2005
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22 September 2014
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1 January 2015
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see Canada–Korea Free Trade Agreement
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12
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China
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14 May 2012
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1 June 2015
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20 December 2015
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see China–South Korea Free Trade Agreement
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13
|
New Zealand
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8 June 2009
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23 March 2015
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20 December 2015
|
|
14
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Vietnam
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6 August 2012
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5 May 2015
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20 December 2015
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15
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Colombia
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7 December 2009
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21 February 2013
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15 July 2016
|
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16
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Central America
( Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua)
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18 June 2015
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21 February 2018
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1 March 2021
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Later, Guatemala joined as a new member of the agreement.
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17
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United Kingdom
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24 February 2017
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22 August 2019
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1 January 2021
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never "negotiated" as prohibited by EU rules;
aimed at maintaining the trade relations two countries enjoyed under EU-SK FTA before Brexit[6] and subject to re-negotiation in two years[7]
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18
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ASEAN member states, China, Japan, Australia and New Zealand
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9 May 2013
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15 November 2020
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1 February 2022
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see Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership;
from February 2022[8]
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19
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Indonesia
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7 July 2012
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18 December 2020
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1 January 2023 [9]
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see Indonesia–Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
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20
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Israel
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27 June 2016
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12 May 2021
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1 January 2023
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South Korea's first FTA in Middle East and Israel's first in Asia[10]
|
|
21
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Ecuador
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26 January 2016
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11 October 2023
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SECA (Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement)[11] first negotiation commended in 2006 but stalled since; In February 2022 both parties agreed to complete negotiations in 2022[12][13]
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22
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United Arab Emirates
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October 2022
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14 October 2023[14]
|
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UAE-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement[14]
|
23
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Gulf Cooperation Council
( Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE)
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9 July 2008
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28 December 2023[15]
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First negotiation commenced in 2008 upon President Roh's visit to Riyadh but later halted by GCC in 2010;[16]
resumed negotiation in 2022 upon President Moon's visit to Riyadh[17]
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24
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Central America +
Guatemala
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October 2021
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9 January 2024[14]
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Participated as a new member of the Central America-South Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement.[14]
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