Skip to main content
Home

Main navigation

  • Top stories
  • Health
  • Crime
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Culture
  • Sports
  • Weird
  • 1-1-2
Image
07._Martijn_van_Dam_(7581735322)
Martijn van Dam (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Partij van de Arbeid) - Credit: Martijn van Dam (Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Partij van de Arbeid)
Business
Politics
football
Guus Hiddink
Mark Rutte
Martijn van Dam
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Seoul
South Korea
trade mission
traffic accident
Tuesday, 27 September 2016 - 11:50
Share this:
  • facebook
  • twitter
  • linkedin
  • whatsapp
  • reddit

Economic Sec. involved in traffic accident in Seoul

State Secretary Martijn van Dam was involved in a traffic accident in Seoul, South Korea. His car was hit by a van. The State Secretary escaped with only a shock, but the car sustained considerable damage, NOS reports. Van Dam is on a trade mission to South Korea with Prime Minister Mark Rutte and representatives of 60 companies. The aim is to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties with the Asian country. Football coach Guus Hiddink also forms part of the program. He is very popular in South Korea since he led their team to fourth place in the 2002 World Cup. After the accident Van Dam drove his damaged car to a meeting with the South Korean Minister of Agriculture.

Follow us:

Latest stories

  • Police appoint controversial mosque infiltrator to fight discrimination
  • The Netherlands wants to buy dozens more Leopard 1 tanks, Patriot missiles for Ukraine
  • Nurse suspected in the deaths of 20 patients released from pre-trial custody
  • Ajax coach John Heitinga out as team's manager after worst finish in 14 years
  • Defense attorney Inez Weski, who represented Ridouan Taghi, to be released from jail
  • Footballers increasingly falling victim to dodgy agents

Top stories

  • Ajax coach John Heitinga out as team's manager after worst finish in 14 years
  • Defense attorney Inez Weski, who represented Ridouan Taghi, to be released from jail
  • Job growth expected to stall in the Netherlands next year
  • Quarter of young adults in Netherlands overweight
  • Netherlands inflation climbed to 6.1 percent in May
  • Dutch parliament leader demands Twitter take action against threats targeting politicians

© 2012-2023, NL Times, All rights reserved.

Footer menu

  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • Partner content