List of diplomatic missions of South Korea

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. The kinds of Diplomatic missions of the South Korea shall be classified into Embassy (Korean: 대사관), Representative Office (Korean: 대표부) and Consulate-General (Korean: 총영사관). According to the Act on the Establishment of Diplomatic missions abroad of South Korea, Consulate (Korean: 분관) and Consular Office (Korean: 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]

A map of South Korean diplomatic missions throughout the world. Blue marks countries with 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.

Africa
Embassy of South Korea in Beijing
Consulate-General of South Korea in Guangzhou
Embassy of South Korea in Berlin
Embassy of South Korea in Bogotá
Embassy of South Korea in Budapest
Embassy of South Korea in Buenos Aires
Embassy of South Korea in Copenhagen
Embassy of South Korea in Dublin
Embassy of South Korea in Helsinki
Embassy of South Korea in La Paz
Embassy of South Korea in London
Embassy of South Korea in Madrid
Embassy of South Korea in Mexico City
Embassy of South Korea in Moscow
Consulate-General of South Korea in Saint Petersburg
Embassy of South Korea in Oslo
Embassy of South Korea in Paris
Embassy of South Korea in Prague
Embassy of South Korea in Stockholm
Embassy of South Korea in Tokyo
Consulate-General of South Korea in Fukuoka
Consulate-General of South Korea in Toronto
Embassy of South Korea in Warsaw
Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C.
Consulate-General of South Korea in Los Angeles
Consulate-General of South Korea in San Francisco

Americas

Asia

Europe

Oceania

International organizations

See also

Notes
  1. The South Korean Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.

References
  1. "대한민국 재외공관 설치법". www.law.go.kr (in Korean). Ministry of Government Legislation. Retrieved 2020-11-12.
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