This is a list of international presidential trips made by Moon Jae-in, the 12th President of South Korea. During his presidency, which began with his inauguration on 10 May 2017 and ended with the inauguration of Yoon Suk-yeol on 10 May 2022. Moon Jae-in made 32 presidential trips to 40 countries internationally.
Summary of presidential visits The number of visits per country where he travelled are: One visit to Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Cambodia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan Two visits to China, Italy, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vatican City and Vietnam Three visits to North Korea Eight visits to the United States
2017 Country Locations Dates Details Image1Washington, D.C.June 28–July 3Official working visit. Moon met with President Donald Trump.2Berlin, HamburgJuly 5–8Moon attended the G20 summit.3VladivostokSeptember 6–7Official visit. Moon attended the Eastern Economic Forum.4New York CitySeptember 19–21Working visit. Moon attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump.5JakartaNovember 8–10Official visit.Da NangNovember 10–12Moon attended the APEC summit. ManilaNovember 12–14Moon attended the East Asia Summit, ASEAN-Korea Summit, and ASEAN+3 Summit.6BeijingDecember 13–16State visit. Moon met with President Xi Jinping.
2018 Country Locations Dates Details Image7HanoiMarch 22–24Official visit.Abu Dhabi, DubaiMarch 24–27Official visit.8PanmunjomApril 27 Moon attended the Inter-Korean summit with Chairman Kim Jong Un.9TokyoMay 9Moon attended the China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit.10 Washington, D.C.May 21–24Working visit. Moon met with President Donald Trump.PanmunjomMay 26 Moon attended the Inter-Korean summit with Chairman Kim Jong Un.11MoscowJune 21–23State visit. Moon attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup.12New DelhiJuly 8–11State visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.SingaporeJuly 12–14State visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.13PyongyangSeptember 18–20Moon attended the Inter-Korean summit with Chairman Kim Jong Un.14New York CitySeptember 24–26Working visit. Moon attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump and signed revisions to the U.S.–Korean free trade agreement.15 ParisOctober 13–16State visit. Moon met with President Emmanuel Macron. RomeOctober 16–17Official visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Vatican CityOctober 18Official visit. Moon met with Pope Francis.BrusselsOctober 18–19Moon attended the Asia–Europe Meeting.CopenhagenOctober 19–20Official visit. Moon attended the 1st P4G Summit.16SingaporeNovember 14–16Moon attended the East Asia Summit, ASEAN-Korea Summit, and ASEAN+3 Summit. Port MoresbyNovember 16–18Moon attended the APEC summit.17PragueNovember 27–28Official visit.Buenos AiresNovember 29–December 1Moon attended the G20 summit.AucklandDecember 2–4State visit.
2019 Country Locations Dates Details Image18Bandar Seri BegawanMarch 10–12State visit. Kuala LumpurMarch 12–14State visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.Phnom PenhMarch 14–16State visit.19Washington, D.C.April 10–12Working visit. Moon met with President Donald Trump.20 AshgabatApril 16–18State visit.Tashkent, SamarkandApril 18–21State visit.South Korean President to visit Uzbekistan soon: ambassadorNur-SultanApril 21State visit.21HelsinkiJune 9–11State visit.OsloJune 11–13State visit. StockholmJune 13–15State visit.22OsakaJune 27–29Moon attended the G20 summit.23BangkokSeptember 1–3Official visit.MyanmarSeptember 3–5 LaosSeptember 5–624New York CitySeptember 22–26Working visit. Moon attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump.25BangkokNovember 3–5Working visit. Moon attended the East Asia Summit, ASEAN-Korea Summit, and ASEAN+3 Summit.26ChengduDecember 23–25Working visit. Moon attended the China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.
2020 In 2020, Moon did not make any international trips, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Country Locations Dates Details Image27Washington, D.C.May 20–21Working visit. Moon met with President Joe Biden. Moon was the second foreign leader to visit Biden at the White House.28CornwallJune 11–13Working visit. Moon attended the G7 summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron.ViennaJune 13–15State visit. Moon met with President Alexander Van der Bellen. Also met with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. MadridJune 15–17State visit. Moon met with King Felipe VI. Also met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.29 New York CitySeptember 19–23Working visit. Moon attended the UN General Assembly.30Vatican CityOctober 29Official visit. Moon met with Pope Francis.RomeOctober 30–31Working visit. Moon attended the G20 summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, French President Emmanuel Macron and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.GlasgowNovember 1–2Working visit. Moon attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference.BudapestNovember 2–4State visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Attended the 2nd Korea-V4 summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with President János Áder, Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.31CanberraDecember 12–15State visit. Moon met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Also met with Governor-General David Hurley.
2022 Country Locations Dates Details Image32Dubai, Abu DhabiJanuary 16–17Working visit. Moon met with Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.RiyadhJanuary 18–19Official visit. Moon met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.CairoJanuary 20–21Official visit. Moon met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Multilateral meetings Moon Jae-in attended the following summits as South Korean President.
Group Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021UNGA 19–21 September, New York City 24–26 September, New York City 23–25 September, New York City 22 September,(virtual) New York City 19–23 September, New York CityASEM None 18–19 October, Brussels None (postponed) 25–26 November,(virtual) Phnom PenhP4G None 19–20 October, Copenhagen None (postponed) 30 May,(virtual) SeoulEAS(ASEAN+3) 13–14 November, Pasay 14–15 November, 4 November, Bangkok 14 November,(virtual) Hanoi 26–28 October,(virtual) Bandar Seri BegawanASEAN-Korea 13 November, Maynila 14 November, 26 November, Busan 12 November,(virtual) Hanoi 26 October,(virtual) Bandar Seri BegawanAPEC 10–11 November, Đà Nẵng 17–18 November Port Moresby 16–17 November,(cancelled) Santiago 20 November,(virtual) Kuala Lumpur 12 November,(virtual) AucklandG20 7–8 July, Hamburg 30 November – 1 December, Buenos Aires 28–29 June, Osaka 21–22 November,(virtual) Riyadh 30–31 October, RomeChina–Japan–Korea None 9 May, Tokyo 23–25 December, Chengdu None None Others Mekong-Korea27 November, Busan Mekong-Korea13 November,(virtual) HanoiG711–13 June, Carbis BayUNCCC1–2 November, GlasgowV4-Korea4 November, Budapest██ = Virtual event
See also List of international trips made by presidents of South Korea
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