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 (), Representative Office () and Consulate-General (). According to the Act on the Establishment of Diplomatic missions abroad of South Korea, Consulate () and Consular Office () 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.
History 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.
Current missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Algiers Embassy Luanda Embassy Yaoundé Embassy Kinshasa Embassy Cairo Embassy Malabo Embassy office Addis Ababa Embassy Libreville Embassy Accra Embassy Abidjan Embassy Nairobi Embassy Tripoli Embassy Antananarivo Embassy Rabat Embassy Maputo Embassy Abuja Embassy Lagos Embassy office Kigali Embassy Dakar Embassy Freetown Embassy Pretoria Embassy Dar es Salaam Embassy Tunis Embassy Kampala Embassy Harare Embassy
Americas Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Buenos Aires Embassy La Paz Embassy Brasília Embassy São Paulo Consulate-General Ottawa Embassy Montreal Consulate-General Toronto Consulate-General Vancouver Consulate-General Santiago de Chile Embassy Bogotá Embassy San José Embassy Havana Embassy Santo Domingo Embassy Quito Embassy San Salvador Embassy Guatemala City Embassy Tegucigalpa Embassy Kingston Embassy Mexico City Embassy Managua Embassy Panama City Embassy Asunción Embassy Lima Embassy Port of Spain Embassy Washington, D.C. Embassy Consulate-General Consulate-General in Washington, D.C. Atlanta Consulate-General Boston Consulate-General Chicago Consulate-General Honolulu Consulate-General Houston Consulate-General Los Angeles Consulate-General New York City Consulate-General San Francisco Consulate-General Seattle Consulate-General Anchorage Consulate Dallas Consulate Hagåtña Consulate Philadelphia Consulate Montevideo Embassy Caracas Embassy
Asia Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Baku Embassy Dhaka Embassy Manama Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy Phnom Penh Embassy Siem Reap Consulate Beijing Embassy Chengdu Consulate-General Guangzhou Consulate-General Hong Kong Consulate-General Qingdao Consulate-General Shanghai Consulate-General Shenyang Consulate-General Wuhan Consulate-General Xi'an Consulate-General Dalian Consulate-General branch office Tbilisi Embassy New Delhi Embassy Chennai Consulate-General Mumbai Consulate-General Jakarta Embassy Badung Consulate Tehran Embassy Baghdad Embassy Erbil Consulate Tel Aviv Embassy Tokyo Embassy Fukuoka Consulate-General Hiroshima Consulate-General Kobe Consulate-General Nagoya Consulate-General Niigata Consulate-General Osaka Consulate-General Sapporo Consulate-General Sendai Consulate-General Yokohama Consulate-General Amman Embassy Astana Embassy Almaty Consulate-General Kuwait City Embassy Bishkek Embassy Vientiane Embassy Beirut Embassy Kuala Lumpur Embassy Kota Kinabalu Consulate Ulaanbaatar Embassy Yangon Embassy Kathmandu Embassy Muscat Embassy Islamabad Embassy Karachi Embassy office Ramallah Representative office Manila Embassy Cebu Consulate Doha Embassy Riyadh Embassy Jeddah Consulate-General Singapore Embassy Colombo Embassy Taipei Mission Dushanbe Embassy Bangkok Embassy Dili Embassy Ankara Embassy Istanbul Consulate-General Ashgabat Embassy Abu Dhabi Embassy Dubai Consulate-General Tashkent Embassy Hanoi Embassy Da Nang Consulate-General Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General
Europe Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Vienna Embassy Minsk Embassy Brussels Embassy Sofia Embassy Zagreb Embassy Prague Embassy Copenhagen Embassy Tallinn Embassy Helsinki Embassy Paris Embassy Berlin Embassy Bonn Embassy office Frankfurt Consulate-General Hamburg Consulate-General Athens Embassy The South Korean Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome. Rome Embassy Budapest Embassy Dublin Embassy Rome Embassy Milan Consulate-General Riga Embassy Vilnius Embassy Luxembourg City Embassy The Hague Embassy Oslo Embassy Warsaw Embassy Lisbon Embassy Bucharest Embassy Moscow Embassy Irkutsk Consulate-General Saint Petersburg Consulate-General Vladivostok Consulate-General Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Consular office Belgrade Embassy Bratislava Embassy Ljubljana Embassy Madrid Embassy Barcelona Consulate-General Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consulate Stockholm Embassy Bern Embassy Kyiv Embassy London Embassy
Oceania Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Canberra Embassy Sydney Consulate-General Brisbane Consulate Melbourne Consulate Suva Embassy Wellington Embassy Auckland Consulate Port Moresby Embassy
International organizations OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionConcurrent accreditation Jakarta Indonesia MissionOECD Paris France Permanent Delegation New York City United States Permanent Mission Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission Paris France Permanent Delegation
Missions to open
Unverified concurrent accreditations of diplomatic missions Cities of residence are in parenthesses
Closed missions
Africa Host country Host city Mission Year closed Bangui Embassy Unknown Mogadishu Embassy 1992
Americas Host country Host city Mission Year closed Paramaribo Embassy 1993
See also Foreign relations of South Korea List of diplomatic missions in South Korea List of ambassadors of South Korea Visa policy of South Korea
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References
External links
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea