Korean Commerce Minister Yeo Han-koo, proper, shakes palms with Dutch Minister of Financial Affairs Vincent Pieter Geert Karremans throughout a gathering in The Hague, the Netherlands, Dec. 3, 2025. Courtesy of the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Sources
Korea and the Netherlands agreed Wednesday to deepen know-how cooperation in superior industries, together with the semiconductor and quantum sectors, as a part of efforts to answer the worldwide provide chain restructuring, Seoul’s trade ministry stated.
The 2 sides signed a letter of intent for the initiative throughout a biennial joint innovation committee assembly held in The Hague, based on the Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Sources.
The ministry stated the bilateral cooperation is predicted to assist each international locations increase their industrial competitiveness amid an intensifying international tech conflict.
“South Korea and the Netherlands have continued to broaden their cooperation for industrial know-how growth over the previous 10 years, and we hope the most recent joint innovation committee assembly turns into the start line of one other decade of cooperation,” Choi Yeon-woo, a ministry official accountable for industrial know-how, stated in a press launch.
Since 2016, the 2 international locations have carried out greater than 40 joint analysis and growth tasks for tech cooperation.
