The President of Hungary, Sólyom László paid official visit to Korea from 29th of Nov. to 2nd of Dec. on the invitation of the President of Korea, Lee Myung-Bak. The main goal of this visit was to revitalize the economic and cultural relations between the two countries. During the visit, President Sólyom László had a summit talk with the President Lee Myung-Bak, had a meeting with the Speaker of National Assembly Kim Hyong-O and participated in the ceremony to appoint the Executive Vice President of Hankook Tire, Cho Hyun-Shick as a new honorary consul of Hungary. He also had a meeting with the major economic figures at the lucheon hosted by the heads of 4 leading economic organizations of Korea. The Yonsei Univeristy in Seoul conferred the honorary doctorate in law upon the President. This visit was to commemorate the 20th anniversary of estalblishing diplomation relationship between Hungary and Korea.