South Korea | Visegrád Post

News

$2 billion US loan to modernize Polish army

The Editorial Board October 5, 2023

Poland – In the last days of September, the US State Department announced the signing of a “$2 billion Foreign Military Financing (FMF) direct loan agreement to support Poland's effort to modernize its armed forces. ” The US administration’s press release stresses…

Society

The emergence of Chaebols in Central Eastern Europe

Adam Starzyński August 31, 2023

Poland - Ever since the financial crisis of 2007-2008, world leaders have started to look more favourably at Industrial Policy (IP), juxtaposing it with economies that are entirely dependent on expansion in the service sector and financial speculation. IP instead focuses on…

News

A Polish–Korean consortium to manufacture tanks and howitzers

The Editorial Board March 3, 2023

Poland – The Polish arms company Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa announced on Friday, 24 February, the signing of agreements to strengthen its cooperation with its South Korean partners. According to the press release issued by the company, which is based in Radom (some…

News

First Korean tanks for Poland to be delivered soon: There will be a thousand in total

The Editorial Board October 24, 2022

Poland - On 19 October, a ceremony was held in South Korea to present the first K2 tanks and the first K9s, self-propelled 155 mm howitzers. Warsaw has ordered 212 of these howitzers this year, with deliveries scheduled to begin before the…

Magyar Nemzet

György Matolcsy: Eurasian duos

Partenaire November 24, 2021

This article was published online by the Magyar Nemzet on 23 November 2021. The economic integration of Eurasia began during this century; this included the establishment of strategic economic alliances between Germany, the V4 countries and East Asia. Based on their size,…

News

V4–South Korea Summit in Budapest

The Editorial Board November 8, 2021

Visegrád Group/South Korea – On 4 November, Budapest hosted a summit between the four countries of the Visegrád Group and South Korea, as part of the Hungarian presidency of the V4. As Viktor Orbán pointed out, this brought together “five success stories”,…

Society

COVID-19 epidemic spreading slower in the V4 than in Western Europe thanks to measures taken earlier

Olivier Bault April 2, 2020

Visegrád Group - The first country of the Visegrád group to confirm cases of COVID-19 on its territory was Czechia on March 3. The remaining three countries quickly followed suit, as many people were returning from their winter holidays in such places…