The history of Czech-Korean botany co-operation has been covering nearly 20 years. Czech scientists helped to form multi-national team that brought together two distinctive publications: Forest Vegetation of Northeast Asia and Distribution and Phytoceonology of Selected Woody Species of North Korea. The official partner of the Academy of Sciences in Korea is KOSEF (Korea Science and Engineering Foundation) that has already supported unique range of 2042 research projects. and Jiří Kolbek.