韓國對波蘭外交經貿政策

South Korea’s Foreign Policy Towards Poland

南韓是東北亞的經濟強國之一，進入21世紀後南韓政府積極利用其經濟實力向全球市場擴大其影響力。而波蘭首先於1994年成為歐洲聯盟的準會員國（associate member）的身份，繼而於2004年正式升格為正式會員國。目前則被視為中東歐經濟成長最快的新興經濟體之一。本文主旨在探討南韓與波蘭經貿關係。儘管韓波兩國似乎很不相同，且相距甚遠，但近年來兩國關係卻日趨熱絡，且彼此都有熱情來進一步強化雙邊關係。主要是因為兩國有利益交集，且都可以因此雙邊關係而獲利。電動車堪稱是最佳的範例。電動車被世界各國視為未來汽車，也是當今全球成長最快速的產業之一。南韓的電動車產業技術與工業識能在世界居於領先地位，而波蘭擁有高素質而相對廉價的勞動力，有助於南韓在EU地區的經營。LG化學與SK創新相繼在波蘭建大型電動車電池廠就是兩國利益交集，彼此互補互利的最佳例證。

"South Korea is considered one of the most powerful and influential countries in Asia. South Korea lies in Northeast Asia, straddled in the waters between China and Japan. They have reached all over the globe using their soft power approach, and today stands as a big world player. They were not always this powerful though, as it was only 60-70 years ago that Korea was plagued with a civil war. However, after entering the industrial industry and capitalizing on the rich to facilitate rapid economic development, South Korea’s leaders have pushed their country into the rest of the developed world. Poland, in contrast, is currently considered as a developing economy. Lying in the center of the European continent, Poland is bounded by seven nations: Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, Czech Republic, and Germany. After WWII in the 1940s, Poland was ruled by the communist USSR. The country was developing an increasingly industrial, state-run command economy based on the Soviet model. It was not until the later 1980s, that the communist rule was overthrown and Poland welcomed its new democratic government. This lag in time held back Poland from developing on pace with other nations. Soon however, Poland became increasingly involved in the market-oriented global economy. As it made the transition to private ownership and the market economy, Poland became increasingly involved with international economic and political organizations. More recently, Poland has had talks as well as agreements with other nations across the world. They were an associate member of the European Union since 1994, and ascended to full membership in 2004 (Kazimierz, 2020). Poland is quickly becoming one of the fastest developing nation in the EU and becoming a big player in the global market. These two nations are seemingly so different and far from each other, however they have both been in talks and are eager to sustain a bilateral relationship. Both countries have a lot of gain from this relationship, and in the next section, I will explore more on this."