Ciara Phelan: South Korea gives ministers food for thought on how to improve Ireland

South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been invited to Ireland by the Taoiseach after Leo Varadkar joined a trade mission to the Asian country. Let’s hope if he does come, he will find our country just as attractive

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris (right) visits the site in Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood where 159 people were killed in a Halloween crowd crush last year. Irish man Kevin Conlon (left) has a business in the area.

Ireland and South Korea have many similarities was one of the key messages delivered as part of the Government’s first trade mission in Seoul.

But the countries are very different when it comes to the services provided by the State, the treatment of its citizens, and safety.