Korean President Park to visit Germany; After Park’s father visited Germany, Korea’s per capita GDP soared from $80 to $24,000 and the aggregate GDP reached $1.1 trillion

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President to visit Germany
Kim Seon-gul, Lee Sang-duk
2014.03.21 15:26:05
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is scheduled to make a four-day state visit to Germany from March 25.
Germany provided a textbook example for the incumbent President and her father, former President Park Chung-hee. After Park’s father visited Germany, Korea’s per capita gross domestic product (GDP) soared from $80 to $24,000 and the aggregate GDP reached $1.1 trillion as of last year, coming in at 15th in the world. The Korean leader is set to focus on learning from the German experience of reunification during the trip. Park on March 26 will make a trip to the Brandenburg Gate, a monumental gate of Germany and discuss cooperation for unification and conditions surrounding the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia with the German chancellor Angela Merkel.
The itinerary on March 27 includes visiting photo exhibition of division of Korea and Germany and meeting those who played a leading role in Germany’s reunification including former foreign minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher to learn from their experiences.
President Park on this day will head for Dresden, former East German territory to look around monument to reunification and reconciliation, becoming the first Korean President to visit there. Then, she will deliver speech at Dresden University of Technology.
Korea and Germany have turned from aid recipients to donors half a century ago. The latest state visit is the largest ever, accompanying 105 economic advisors. Cho Won-dong, chief presidential economic advisor said, “the two nations will sign as many as Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to solidify partnership in terms of economic areas including human and technological exchanges.”
[ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk.co.kr, All rights reserved]

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