The following is a list of diplomatic missions of South Korea. Diplomatic missions of the South Korea shall be established in foreign countries under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Foreign Affairs to take partial charge of diplomatic or consular affairs under the control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic missions of South Korea shall be classified into Embassy (Korean : 대사관), Representative Office (대표부) and Consulate-General (총영사관). According to the Act on the Establishment of Diplomatic missions abroad of South Korea, Consulate (분관) and Consular Office (출장소) may be established in the missions, as prescribed by Presidential Decree, if necessary to assign the said offices with affairs under the jurisdiction of the missions. [1]
In the 1980s the Roh Tae-woo administration gradually initiated diplomatic links with Warsaw Pact countries, in a policy known as Nordpolitik . This led to the opening of representative offices and later embassies in socialist regimes in Europe and Asia. The Asian economic crisis of the late 1990s and an export-orientated trade policy led to South Korea to rationalize its diplomatic network. However, after bouncing back from the crisis, South Korea continues to open and re-open diplomatic missions in many countries. With neither North Korea or South Korea recognizing the sovereignty of the other state, nor the legitimacy of each other's governments, there are no South Korean diplomatic missions in North Korea.
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Algeria | Algiers | Embassy | [2] | |
Angola | Luanda | Embassy | Countries: | [3] |
Cameroon | Yaoundé | Embassy | Countries: | [4] |
Congo-Kinshasa | Kinshasa | Embassy | Countries: | [5] |
Egypt | Cairo | Embassy | [6] | |
Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | Embassy office [a] | [7] [8] | |
Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [9] |
Gabon | Libreville | Embassy | Countries: | [8] |
Ghana | Accra | Embassy | [10] [11] [12] | |
Ivory Coast | Abidjan | Embassy | Countries: | [13] |
Kenya | Nairobi | Embassy | Countries: International Organizations: | [14] [15] |
Libya | Tripoli | Embassy | [16] [17] | |
Madagascar | Antananarivo | Embassy | [18] | |
Morocco | Rabat | Embassy | Countries: | [19] |
Mozambique | Maputo | Embassy | Countries: | [20] |
Nigeria | Abuja | Embassy | Countries: | [21] [22] [23] |
Lagos | Embassy office | [24] | ||
Rwanda | Kigali | Embassy | Countries: | [25] [26] |
Senegal | Dakar | Embassy | Countries: | [27] |
South Africa | Pretoria | Embassy | [28] | |
Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [29] | |
Tunisia | Tunis | Embassy | [30] | |
Uganda | Kampala | Embassy | [31] | |
Zambia | Lusaka | Embassy | [32] | |
Zimbabwe | Harare | Embassy | Countries: | [33] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Argentina | Buenos Aires | Embassy | [34] | |
Bolivia | La Paz | Embassy | [35] | |
Brazil | Brasília | Embassy | [36] | |
São Paulo | Consulate-General | [37] | ||
Canada | Ottawa | Embassy | International Organizations: | [38] |
Montreal | Consulate-General | [39] | ||
Toronto | Consulate-General | [40] | ||
Vancouver | Consulate-General | [41] | ||
Chile | Santiago de Chile | Embassy | [42] | |
Colombia | Bogotá | Embassy | [43] | |
Costa Rica | San José | Embassy | [44] | |
Cuba | Havana | Embassy | [45] | |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | Embassy | Countries: | [46] |
Ecuador | Quito | Embassy | [47] | |
El Salvador | San Salvador | Embassy | Countries: | [48] [49] |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | Embassy | [50] | |
Honduras | Tegucigalpa | Embassy | [51] | |
Jamaica | Kingston | Embassy | International Organizations: | [52] [53] |
Mexico | Mexico City | Embassy | [54] [55] | |
Nicaragua | Managua | Embassy | [56] | |
Panama | Panama City | Embassy | [57] | |
Paraguay | Asunción | Embassy | [58] | |
Peru | Lima | Embassy | [59] | |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | Embassy | International Organizations: | [60] |
United States | Washington, D.C. | Embassy | International Organizations: | [61] [62] |
Atlanta | Consulate-General | [63] | ||
Boston | Consulate-General | [64] | ||
Chicago | Consulate-General | [65] | ||
Honolulu | Consulate-General | [66] | ||
Houston | Consulate-General | [67] | ||
Los Angeles | Consulate-General | [68] | ||
New York City | Consulate-General | [69] | ||
San Francisco | Consulate-General | [70] | ||
Seattle | Consulate-General | [71] | ||
Anchorage | Consulate | [72] | ||
Dallas | Consulate | [73] | ||
Hagåtña | Consulate | [74] | ||
Philadelphia | Consulate-General branch office | [75] | ||
Uruguay | Montevideo | Embassy | [76] | |
Venezuela | Caracas | Embassy | International Organizations: | [77] |
Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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Australia | Canberra | Embassy | [199] | |
Sydney | Consulate-General | [200] | ||
Melbourne | Consulate | [201] | ||
Brisbane | Consular Office | [202] | ||
Fiji | Suva | Embassy | Countries: | [203] |
New Zealand | Wellington | Embassy | Countries: | [204] |
Auckland | Consulate | [205] | ||
Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | Embassy | Countries: | [206] |
Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
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ASEAN | Jakarta | Indonesia | Mission | [207] | |
OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [208] | |
United Nations | New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [209] | |
Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | [210] | ||
UNESCO | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [211] |
Cities of residence are in parenthesses
Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
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Central African Republic | Bangui | Embassy | Unknown | [213] |
Somalia | Mogadishu | Embassy | 1992 | [214] |
The foreign relations of the Dominican Republic are the Dominican Republic's relations with other governments.
Mariscal Estigarribia is a neighbourhood (barrio) of Asunción, Paraguay. The suburb is the home of both the South Korea embassy and the honorary consulate of the Commonwealth of Australia.
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of South Korea to the United States. Its main chancery is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. The current ambassador is Cho Hyun-dong.
The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Republic of Peru is the official diplomatic mission of the Republic of Korea in Peru.