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. 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]

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.

Current missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Algeria	Algiers	Embassy		[2]
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	Countries:  Namibia	[3]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Embassy	Countries:  Central African Republic  Chad	[4]
Congo-Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Embassy	Countries:  Congo-Brazzaville	[5]
Egypt	Cairo	Embassy		[6]
Equatorial Guinea	Malabo	Embassy office[a]		[7][8]
Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	Embassy	Countries:  Djibouti  Seychelles International Organizations:  African Union	[9]
Gabon	Libreville	Embassy	Countries:  Equatorial Guinea  São Tomé and Príncipe	[8]
Ghana	Accra	Embassy	Countries:  Benin  Togo	[10][11][12]
Ivory Coast	Abidjan	Embassy	Countries:  Burkina Faso  Niger	[13]
Kenya	Nairobi	Embassy	Countries:  Somalia International Organizations:  United Nations United Nations Environment Programme United Nations Human Settlements Programme	[14][15]
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy		[16][17]
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy	Countries:  Comoros  Mauritius	[18]
Morocco	Rabat	Embassy	Countries:  Mauritania	[19]
Mozambique	Maputo	Embassy	Countries:  Eswatini	[20]
Nigeria	Abuja	Embassy	Countries:  Liberia  Sierra Leone	[21][22][23]
	Lagos	Embassy office		[24]
Rwanda	Kigali	Embassy	Countries:  Burundi	[25][26]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	Countries:  Cape Verde  Gambia  Guinea  Guinea-Bissau  Mali	[27]
South Africa	Pretoria	Embassy	Countries:  Botswana  Lesotho	[28]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy		[29]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy		[30]
Uganda	Kampala	Embassy		[31]
Zambia	Lusaka	Embassy		[32]
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	Countries:  Malawi	[33]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy		[34]
Bolivia	La Paz	Embassy		[35]
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy		[36]
	São Paulo	Consulate-General		[37]
Canada	Ottawa	Embassy	International Organizations: International Civil Aviation Organization[note 1]	[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:  Antigua and Barbuda  Bahamas  Dominica  Haiti  Saint Kitts and Nevis	[46]
Ecuador	Quito	Embassy		[47]
El Salvador	San Salvador	Embassy	Countries:  Belize	[48][49]
Guatemala	Guatemala City	Embassy		[50]
Honduras	Tegucigalpa	Embassy		[51]
Jamaica	Kingston	Embassy	International Organizations: International Seabed Authority	[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	Countries:  Barbados  Grenada  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines International Organizations: Association of Caribbean States	[60]
United States	Washington, D.C.	Embassy	International Organizations:  Organization of American States[note 2]	[61][62]
		Consulate-General		[63]
	Atlanta	Consulate-General		[64]
	Boston	Consulate-General		[65]
	Chicago	Consulate-General		[66]
	Honolulu	Consulate-General		[67]
	Houston	Consulate-General		[68]
	Los Angeles	Consulate-General		[69]
	New York City	Consulate-General		[70]
	San Francisco	Consulate-General		[71]
	Seattle	Consulate-General		[72]
	Anchorage	Consulate		[73]
	Dallas	Consulate		[74]
	Hagåtña	Consulate		[75]
	Philadelphia	Consulate		[76][77]
Uruguay	Montevideo	Embassy		[78]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	Countries:  Guyana  Suriname International Organizations:  Caribbean Community	[79]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Azerbaijan	Baku	Embassy		[80]
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Embassy	Countries:  Bhutan	[81][82]
Bahrain	Manama	Embassy		[83]
Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Embassy		[84]
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Embassy		[85]
	Siem Reap	Consulate		[86]
China	Beijing	Embassy		[87]
	Chengdu	Consulate-General		[88]
	Guangzhou	Consulate-General		[89]
	Hong Kong	Consulate-General		[90]
	Qingdao	Consulate-General		[91]
	Shanghai	Consulate-General		[92]
	Shenyang	Consulate-General		[93]
	Wuhan	Consulate-General		[94]
	Xi'an	Consulate-General		[95]
	Dalian	Consulate-General branch office		[96]
Georgia	Tbilisi	Embassy		[97][98][99]
India	New Delhi	Embassy		[100]
	Chennai	Consulate-General		[101]
	Mumbai	Consulate-General		[102]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy		[103]
	Denpasar	Consulate		[104]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy		[105]
Iraq	Baghdad	Embassy		[106]
	Erbil	Consulate		[107]
Israel	Tel Aviv	Embassy		[108]
Japan	Tokyo	Embassy		[109]
	Fukuoka	Consulate-General		[110]
	Hiroshima	Consulate-General		[111]
	Kobe	Consulate-General		[112]
	Nagoya	Consulate-General		[113]
	Niigata	Consulate-General		[114]
	Osaka	Consulate-General		[115]
	Sapporo	Consulate-General		[116]
	Sendai	Consulate-General		[117]
	Yokohama	Consulate-General		[118]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy		[119]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy		[120]
	Almaty	Consulate-General		[121]
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy		[122]
Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	Embassy		[123]
Laos	Vientiane	Embassy		[124]
Lebanon	Beirut	Embassy	Countries:  Syria[125][126]	[127]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy		[128]
	Kota Kinabalu	Consulate		[129]
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Embassy		[130]
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy		[131]
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy		[132]
Oman	Muscat	Embassy		[133]
Pakistan	Islamabad	Embassy		[134]
	Karachi	Embassy office		[135]
Palestine	Ramallah	Representative office		[136]
Philippines	Manila	Embassy	Countries:  Palau	[120]
	Cebu	Consulate		[137]
Qatar	Doha	Embassy		[138]
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Embassy		[139]
	Jeddah	Consulate-General		[140]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy		[141]
Sri Lanka	Colombo	Embassy	Countries:  Maldives	[142][143]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	Taipei	Mission		[144]
Tajikistan	Dushanbe	Embassy		[145]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy		[146]
Timor-Leste	Dili	Embassy		[147]
Turkey	Ankara	Embassy		[148]
	Istanbul	Consulate-General		[149]
Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	Embassy		[150]
United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Embassy		[151]
	Dubai	Consulate-General		[152]
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy		[153]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy		[154]
	Da Nang	Consulate-General		[155]
	Ho Chi Minh City	Consulate-General		[156]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	International Organizations: CTBTO Preparatory Commission International Atomic Energy Agency  United Nations United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime	[157]
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy		[158]
Belgium	Brussels	Embassy	International Organizations:  European Union  NATO	[159]
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	Countries:  North Macedonia	[160]
Croatia	Zagreb	Embassy	Countries:  Bosnia and Herzegovina	[161][162]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy		[163]
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy		[164]
Estonia	Tallinn	Embassy		[165]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy		[166]
France	Paris	Embassy	Countries:  Monaco	[167]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy		[168]
	Bonn	Embassy office		[169]
	Frankfurt	Consulate-General		[170]
	Hamburg	Consulate-General		[171]
Greece	Athens	Embassy	Countries:  Albania  Cyprus	[172]
Holy See[note 3]	Rome	Embassy		[173]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy		[174]
Ireland	Dublin	Embassy		[175]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	Countries:  Malta  San Marino	[176]
	Milan	Consulate		[177]
Latvia	Riga	Embassy		[178]
Lithuania	Vilnius	Embassy		[179]
Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	Embassy		[180]
Netherlands	The Hague	Embassy	International Organizations: International Criminal Court International Court of Justice OCPW	[181]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	Countries:  Iceland	[182][183]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy		[184]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy		[185]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy		[186]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	Countries:  Armenia	[187][188]
	Irkutsk	Consulate-General		[189]
	Saint Petersburg	Consulate-General		[190]
	Vladivostok	Consulate-General		[191]
	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	Consular office		[192]
Serbia	Belgrade	Embassy	Countries:  Montenegro	[193]
Slovakia	Bratislava	Embassy		[194]
Slovenia	Ljubljana	Embassy		[195]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	Countries:  Andorra	[196][197]
	Barcelona	Consulate-General		[198]
	Las Palmas de Gran Canaria	Consulate		[199]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy		[200]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	Countries:  Liechtenstein	[201]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy	Countries:  Moldova	[202]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy	International Organizations: International Maritime Organization	[203]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission	Concurrent accreditation	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	Embassy		[204]
	Sydney	Consulate-General		[205]
	Melbourne	Consulate		[206]
	Brisbane	Consular Office		[207]
Fiji	Suva	Embassy	Countries:  Kiribati  Marshall Islands  Micronesia  Nauru  Tuvalu	[208]
New Zealand	Wellington	Embassy	Countries:  Cook Islands  Samoa  Tonga	[209]
	Auckland	Consulate		[210]
Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	Embassy	Countries:  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu	[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

•  Armenia^[97]
•  Marshall Islands^[97]
•  Sierra Leone^[97]
•  Syria^[217]
•  Botswana (Embassy office)^[97]
•  Suriname (Embassy office)^[97]

Gallery

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  Embassy in Bangkok
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  Embassy in Beijing
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  Consulate-General in Guangzhou
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  Consulate-General in Qingdao
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  Embassy in Berlin
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  Embassy in Bogotá
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  Embassy in Bucharest
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  Embassy in Budapest
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  Embassy in Buenos Aires
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  Embassy in Copenhagen
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  Embassy in Dublin
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  Embassy in Helsinki
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  Embassy in Kyiv
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  Building hosting the embassy in La Paz
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  Embassy in Lima
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  Embassy in London
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  Embassy in Manila
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  Embassy in Mexico City
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  Embassy in Moscow
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  Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
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  Embassy in Oslo
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  Embassy in Paris
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  Permanent Delegation to the OECD in Paris
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  Embassy in Prague
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  Embassy in Riga
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  Embassy in Santiago de Chile
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  Embassy in Stockholm
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  Embassy in Tel Aviv
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  Embassy in Tokyo
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  Consulate-General in Fukuoka
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  Consulate-General in Osaka
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  Consulate-General in Sapporo
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  Consulate-General in Toronto
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  Embassy in Vienna
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  Embassy in Warsaw
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  Embassy in Washington, D.C.
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  Consulate-General in Washington, D.C.
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  Consulate-General in Los Angeles
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  Consulate-General in San Francisco

Unverified concurrent accreditations of diplomatic missions

Cities of residence are in parenthesses

•  Afghanistan (Doha)^{[note 4]}
•  Eritrea (Khartoum)
•  Kosovo (Vienna)^{[note 5]}
•  South Sudan (Kampala)
•  Yemen (Riyadh)

Closed missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Year closed	Ref.
Central African Republic	Bangui	Embassy	Unknown	[218]
Somalia	Mogadishu	Embassy	1992	[219]

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

Notes

1. The South Korean consulate-general in Montreal is accredited to ICAO.
2. Accredited as an observer mission.
3. The South Korean Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
4. South Korea temperately closed its embassy due to the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021.
5. 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.

1. Subordinate to the embassy in Libreville