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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also land in Nairobi on Wednesday for a three-day official visit. While in Nairobi, the Korean leader is expected to meet President Uhuru Kenyatta, business leaders and later deliver a speech at United Nations office.
According to Korean ambassador to Kenya Young Dae Kwon, Ms Park will arrive with a delegation of more than 200 people, including businessmen and government officials. South Korea shares a lot with Kenya on the historical front but the reality today is that the two nations, separated by over 10,000km of land and water, are hugely different economically, with the former caressing the first world as the latter remains stuck in the third world.
Kenya's founding President Jomo Kenyatta reigned at the same time as the founder of South Korea's third republic, Park Chun-hee, father to President Park Geun-hye who will be the first South Korean Head of State to visit Kenya. Both Kenyatta and Park were elected in 1963 and died in 1978 and 1979 respectively. Close to four decades later, the offspring of the two Presidents took control of their countries with Park Geun-hye taking the reins of power in Seoul on February 26, 2013 and Kenyatta taking the oath of office as Kenya's fourth President on April 9, 2013.
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According to Korean ambassador to Kenya Young Dae Kwon, Ms Park will arrive with a delegation of more than 200 people, including businessmen and government officials. South Korea shares a lot with Kenya on the historical front but the reality today is that the two nations, separated by over 10,000km of land and water, are hugely different economically, with the former caressing the first world as the latter remains stuck in the third world.
Kenya's founding President Jomo Kenyatta reigned at the same time as the founder of South Korea's third republic, Park Chun-hee, father to President Park Geun-hye who will be the first South Korean Head of State to visit Kenya. Both Kenyatta and Park were elected in 1963 and died in 1978 and 1979 respectively. Close to four decades later, the offspring of the two Presidents took control of their countries with Park Geun-hye taking the reins of power in Seoul on February 26, 2013 and Kenyatta taking the oath of office as Kenya's fourth President on April 9, 2013.
Read more at: South Korean president arrives in Kenya with huge trade delegation
