List of diplomatic missions of South Korea
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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]
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 | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 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 | [21] | |
| Lagos | Embassy office | [22] | ||
 Rwanda |
Kigali | Embassy | Countries: |
[23][24] |
 Senegal |
Dakar | Embassy | Countries: |
[25] |
 Sierra Leone |
Freetown | Embassy | Countries: |
[26] |
 South Africa |
Pretoria | Embassy | [27] | |
 Tanzania |
Dar es Salaam | Embassy | [28] | |
 Tunisia |
Tunis | Embassy | [29] | |
 Uganda |
Kampala | Embassy | [30] | |
 Zimbabwe |
Harare | Embassy | [31] |
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
Buenos Aires | Embassy | [32] | |
 Bolivia |
La Paz | Embassy | [33] | |
 Brazil |
Brasília | Embassy | [34] | |
| São Paulo | Consulate-General | [35] | ||
 Canada |
Ottawa | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[36] |
| Montreal | Consulate-General | [37] | ||
| Toronto | Consulate-General | [38] | ||
| Vancouver | Consulate-General | [39] | ||
 Chile |
Santiago de Chile | Embassy | [40] | |
 Colombia |
Bogotá | Embassy | [41] | |
 Costa Rica |
San José | Embassy | [42] | |
 Cuba |
Havana | Embassy | [43] | |
 Dominican Republic |
Santo Domingo | Embassy | Countries: |
[44] |
 Ecuador |
Quito | Embassy | [45] | |
 El Salvador |
San Salvador | Embassy | Countries: |
[46][47] |
 Guatemala |
Guatemala City | Embassy | [48] | |
 Honduras |
Tegucigalpa | Embassy | [49] | |
 Jamaica |
Kingston | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[50][51] |
 Mexico |
Mexico City | Embassy | [52][53] | |
 Nicaragua |
Managua | Embassy | [54] | |
 Panama |
Panama City | Embassy | [55] | |
 Paraguay |
Asunción | Embassy | [56] | |
 Peru |
Lima | Embassy | [57] | |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Port of Spain | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[58] |
 United States |
Washington, D.C. | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[59][60] |
| Consulate-General | [61] | |||
| Atlanta | Consulate-General | [62] | ||
| Boston | Consulate-General | [63] | ||
| Chicago | Consulate-General | [64] | ||
| Honolulu | Consulate-General | [65] | ||
| Houston | Consulate-General | [66] | ||
| Los Angeles | Consulate-General | [67] | ||
| New York City | Consulate-General | [68] | ||
| San Francisco | Consulate-General | [69] | ||
| Seattle | Consulate-General | [70] | ||
| Anchorage | Consulate | [71] | ||
| Dallas | Consulate | [72] | ||
| Hagåtña | Consulate | [73] | ||
| Philadelphia | Consulate | [74][75] | ||
 Uruguay |
Montevideo | Embassy | [76] | |
 Venezuela |
Caracas | Embassy | International Organizations: |
[77] |
Asia
Europe
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
Canberra | Embassy | [203] | |
| Sydney | Consulate-General | [204][205] | ||
| Brisbane | Consulate | [206][205] | ||
| Melbourne | Consulate | [207][205] | ||
 Fiji |
Suva | Embassy | Countries: |
[208] |
 New Zealand |
Wellington | Embassy | Countries: |
[209] |
| Auckland | Consulate | [210] | ||
 Papua New Guinea |
Port Moresby | Embassy | Countries: |
[211] |
International organizations
| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ASEAN |
Jakarta | Indonesia | Mission | [212] | |
| OECD | Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [213] | |
 United Nations |
New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [214] | |
| Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | [215] | ||
 UNESCO |
Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [216] |
Missions to open
Gallery
Embassy in Bangkok
Embassy in Beijing
Consulate-General in Guangzhou
Consulate-General in Qingdao
Embassy in Berlin
Embassy in Bogotá
Embassy in Bucharest
Embassy in Budapest
Embassy in Buenos Aires
Embassy in Copenhagen
Embassy in Dublin
Building hosting the Embassy in Guatemala City
Embassy in Helsinki
Embassy in Kyiv
Building hosting the embassy in La Paz
Embassy in Lima
Embassy in London
Embassy in Manila
Embassy in Mexico City
Embassy in Moscow
Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
Embassy in Oslo
Embassy in Paris
Permanent Delegation to the OECD in Paris
Embassy in Prague
Embassy in Riga
Embassy in Santiago de Chile
Embassy in Stockholm
Embassy in Tel Aviv
Embassy in Tokyo
Consulate-General in Fukuoka
Consulate-General in Osaka
Consulate-General in Sapporo
Consulate-General in Toronto
Embassy in Vienna
Embassy in Warsaw
Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Consulate-General in Washington, D.C.
Consulate-General in Los Angeles
Consulate-General in San Francisco
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Unverified concurrent accreditations of diplomatic missions
Closed missions
Africa
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Central African Republic |
Bangui | Embassy[b] | Unknown | [218] |
 Somali Democratic Republic |
Mogadishu | Embassy[c] | 1992 | [219] |
See also
Notes
- The South Korean consulate-general in Montreal is accredited to ICAO.
- Accredited as an observer mission.
- The South Korean Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
- South Korea temperately closed its embassy due to the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021.
- Kosovo is only under the listed only under the consular jurisdiction of the South Korean embassy in Austria. As of 2025, both countries have yet to establish formal diplomatic relations.
