- 1. When did trade between South Korea and the UK start being governed by the EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement?
A) 1 January 2021
B) 1 July 2011
C) 30 December 2020
D) 22 August 2019
- 2. When did the UK-South Korea continuity trade agreement enter into force?
A) 1 July 2011
B) 1 January 2021
C) 22 August 2019
D) 30 December 2020
- 3. When did the UK and South Korea sign a continuity trade agreement?
A) 22 August 2019
B) 30 December 2020
C) 1 July 2011
D) 1 January 2021
- 4. What was the trade value between South Korea and the United Kingdom in 2022?
A) £28,349 million
B) £18,943 million
C) £18,349 million
D) £10,349 million
- 5. Where does South Korea maintain its embassy in the UK?
A) Manchester
B) London
C) Liverpool
D) Edinburgh
- 6. Where is the UK embassy that is accredited to South Korea located?
A) Busan
B) Seoul
C) Daegu
D) Incheon
- 7. Which South Korean president visited the UK in April 1986?
A) Kim Young-sam
B) Kim Dae-jung
C) Roh Tae-woo
D) Chun Doo-hwan
- 8. Which South Korean president visited the UK in November 1989?
A) Chun Doo-hwan
B) Roh Tae-woo
C) Kim Young-sam
D) Kim Dae-jung
- 9. Which South Korean president visited the UK in March 1995?
A) Kim Young-sam
B) Kim Dae-jung
C) Roh Moo-hyun
D) Lee Myung-bak
- 10. Which South Korean president visited the UK twice in the dates provided (April 1998 and December 2001)?
A) Yoon Suk Yeol
B) Roh Moo-hyun
C) Park Geun-hye
D) Kim Dae-jung
- 11. Who visited the UK in December 2004 as President of South Korea?
A) Roh Moo-hyun
B) Park Geun-hye
C) Kim Dae-jung
D) Lee Myung-bak
- 12. In what month and year did Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ban Ki-moon first visit the UK according to the list?
A) May 2006
B) February 2006
C) June 2006
D) February 2007
- 13. Who served as Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs when visiting the UK in May 2006?
A) Kang Man-soo
B) Han Duck-soo
C) Kwon Oh-kyu
D) Yoon Jeung-hyun
- 14. Who served as Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Affairs when visiting the UK in May 2007?
A) Kang Man-soo
B) Kwon Oh-kyu
C) Yoon Jeung-hyun
D) Han Duck-soo
- 15. Who was the Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Service when visiting the UK in June 2007?
A) Jeon Kwang-woo
B) Sa-Kong-il
C) Ban Ki-moon
D) Yoon Jeung-hyun
- 16. Who was the Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Service when visiting the UK in May 2008?
A) Jeon Kwang-woo
B) Sa-Kong-il
C) Kang Man-soo
D) Yoon Jeung-hyun
- 17. Who visited the UK as Minister of Strategy and Finance in May 2008?
A) Kang Man-soo
B) Yun Byung-se
C) Yoon Jeung-hyun
D) Jeon Kwang-woo
- 18. Who served as Presidential Special Envoy visiting the UK in October 2008 and February 2009?
A) Sa-Kong-il
B) Han Duck-soo
C) Ban Ki-moon
D) Han Seung-soo
- 19. Why did President Lee Myung-bak visit the UK in April 2009?
A) G20
B) State funeral
C) Nuclear Security Summit
D) Cyberspace conference
- 20. Who visited the UK as Minister of Health and Welfare in May 2010?
A) Yun Byung-se
B) Yu Myung-hwan
C) Anne-Marie Trevelyan
D) Jeon Jae-hee
- 21. Who attended the funeral of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in April 2013 as a special envoy?
A) Han Seung-soo
B) Yun Byung-se
C) Ban Ki-moon
D) Kang Man-soo
- 22. Which South Korean president visited the UK in November 2013?
A) Lee Myung-bak
B) Yoon Suk Yeol
C) Park Geun-hye
D) Roh Moo-hyun
- 23. Who visited the UK as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in December 2014?
A) Yu Myung-hwan
B) Yun Byung-se
C) Jeon Jae-hee
D) Ban Ki-moon
- 24. Which South Korean president visited the UK in November 2023?
A) Park Geun-hye
B) Yoon Suk Yeol
C) Lee Myung-bak
D) Moon Jae-in
- 25. Who visited South Korea in November 1992 from the British royal family?
A) Duke of York
B) The Princess Royal
C) Queen Elizabeth II
D) Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales
- 26. Which UK Prime Minister visited South Korea in March 1996?
A) John Major
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Tony Blair
D) David Cameron
- 27. Which British royal visited South Korea in April 1997?
A) Duke of Gloucester
B) Duke of York
C) Prince Charles
D) Duke of Kent
- 28. Which British royal visited South Korea in October 1997?
A) Prince Charles
B) Duke of Kent
C) Duke of Gloucester
D) Duke of York
- 29. When did Queen Elizabeth II visit South Korea?
A) April 1999
B) November 1992
C) March 1996
D) October 2000
- 30. In which years did UK Prime Minister Tony Blair visit South Korea according to the list?
A) 2003 and 2010
B) 1996 and 2000
C) 2000 and 2003
D) 2000 and 2010
- 31. Which British royal visited South Korea in April 2005, November 2005, and September 2008?
A) Duke of Kent
B) Prince Charles
C) Duke of Gloucester
D) Duke of York
- 32. Who visited South Korea as Deputy Prime Minister in October 2006?
A) William Hague
B) John Prescott
C) Nick Clegg
D) Timms
- 33. Who visited South Korea as G20 Special Envoy in December 2008?
A) Nick Clegg
B) John Prescott
C) Timms
D) Peter Benjamin Mandelson
- 34. Who visited South Korea as Minister of Business, Innovation and Skills in October 2009?
A) Timms
B) Peter Benjamin Mandelson
C) David Cameron
D) William Hague
- 35. Which UK Prime Minister visited South Korea in November 2010?
A) David Cameron
B) Tony Blair
C) John Major
D) Margaret Thatcher
- 36. Why did Deputy Prime Minister Clegg visit South Korea in March 2012?
A) G20 meeting
B) Trade agreement signing
C) To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
D) To attend Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013
- 37. Why did William Hague visit South Korea in October 2013?
A) To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit
B) To attend Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013
C) To attend Margaret Thatcher's funeral
D) To sign a continuity trade agreement
- 38. Who visited South Korea in May 2023 as Minister of State for Indo-Pacific?
A) Peter Benjamin Mandelson
B) William Hague
C) Anne-Marie Trevelyan
D) David Cameron
- 39. Who is scheduled or listed to visit South Korea in July 2026?
A) Prince Charles
B) The Princess Royal
C) Diana, Princess of Wales
D) Queen Elizabeth II
- 40. On what date was the Downing Street accord signed between South Korea and the UK?
A) 20 November 2023
B) 10 November 2022
C) 15 October 2022
D) 20 December 2023
- 41. What effect does the Downing Street accord have on military cooperation between South Korea and the UK?
A) Gradually decreases it
B) Terminates all joint operations
C) Keeps it exactly the same
D) Exponentially increases it
- 42. The proposed institutionalised agreement between South Korea and the UK is modelled upon which existing agreement?
A) Japan-U.K. Reciprocal Access Agreement
B) NATO Mutual Defense Pact
C) The Anglo-Japanese Alliance
D) AUKUS Security Agreement
- 43. The proposed institutionalised agreement is also modelled on the Mutual Defense Treaty of which country and South Korea?
A) Japan
B) United Kingdom
C) Australia
D) United States
- 44. Which armed forces are the second largest participants of the United Nations Command?
A) United States Armed Forces
B) Canadian Armed Forces
C) British Armed Forces
D) Australian Armed Forces
- 45. During which conflict did the United Kingdom send their troops as UN Forces and KATCOM?
A) Korean War
B) Gulf War
C) World War II
D) Vietnam War
- 46. Who served as the Deputy Commander of the UN Command from the British Army?
A) Patrick Sanders
B) Richard Barrons
C) Nick Carter
D) Andrew Harrison
- 47. What is the Korean name for South Korea–United Kingdom relations?
A) 대한민국 관계
B) 한영 관계
C) 한영 조약
D) 영국 관계
- 48. In which century do South Korea–United Kingdom relations begin?
A) 19th century
B) 18th century
C) 20th century
D) 21st century
- 49. Which of the following is a bilateral agreement between South Korea and the UK?
A) Downing Street Accord
B) Maastricht Treaty
C) North Atlantic Treaty
D) Treaty of Versailles
- 50. During which period did relations between the two nations break off?
A) Industrial Revolution
B) Victorian era
C) Cold War
D) Japanese colonial rule in Korea
- 51. Approximately how many British servicemen fought in the Korean War?
A) Almost 500,000
B) Almost 10,000
C) Almost 1,000,000
D) Almost 100,000
- 52. How many British soldiers took on a force of 30,000 Chinese troops during the Battle of the Imjin River?
A) 10,000
B) 59
C) 1,078
D) 600
- 53. How many British losses were recorded at the end of the Battle of the Imjin River?
A) 10,000
B) 600
C) 59
D) 1,078
- 54. Approximately how many South Koreans were living in the United Kingdom in 2011?
A) 1,078
B) 100,000
C) 600
D) 17,000
- 55. Which company did Barclays invest in during the 1970s?
A) Hyundai Motor Company
B) Samsung Electronics
C) HD Hyundai Heavy Industries
D) LG Corporation
- 56. Which British monarch made a state visit to South Korea during the Asian Financial Crisis?
A) Queen Victoria
B) King George VI
C) Queen Elizabeth II
D) King Charles III
- 57. According to the 2014 BBC World Service Poll, what percentage of South Koreans viewed the UK's influence positively?
A) 14%
B) 45%
C) 74%
D) 59%
- 58. According to the 2014 BBC World Service Poll, what percentage of Britons viewed South Korea's influence positively?
A) 45%
B) 74%
C) 14%
D) 59%
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