List of international presidential trips made by Moon Jae-in explained

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 states 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	Image
1	United States	Washington, D.C.	June 28–July 3	Official working visit. Met with President Donald Trump.
2	Germany	Berlin, Hamburg	July 5–8
3	Russia	Vladivostok	September 6–7	Official visit. Attended the Eastern Economic Forum.[1]
4	United States	New York City	September 19–21	Working visit. Attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump.
5	Indonesia	Jakarta	November 8–10	Official visit.
	Vietnam	Da Nang	November 10–12	See main article: APEC Vietnam 2017. Attended the 2017 APEC Summit.[2]
	Philippines	Manila	November 12–14	See main article: Twelfth East Asia Summit. Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2017 East Asia Summit.
6	China	Beijing	December 13–16	State visit.

2018

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
7	Vietnam	Hanoi	March 22–24	Official visit.[3]
	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi, Dubai	March 24–27	Official visit.
8	North Korea	Panmunjom	April 27	See main article: April 2018 inter-Korean summit.
9	Japan	Tokyo	May 9	See main article: China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit.
10	United States	Washington, D.C.	May 21–24	Working visit. Met with President Donald Trump.
	North Korea	Panmunjom	May 26	See main article: May 2018 inter-Korean summit.
11	Russia	Moscow	June 21–23	State visit. Attended the 2018 FIFA World Cup
12	India	New Delhi	July 8–11	State visit.
	Singapore	Singapore	July 12–14	State visit.
13	North Korea	Pyongyang	September 18–20	See main article: September 2018 inter-Korean summit.
14	United States	New York City	September 24–26	Working visit. Attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump and signed revisions to the U.S.-Korean free trade agreement.
15	France	Paris	October 13–16	State visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
	Italy	Rome	October 16–17	Official visit. Met with Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
	Vatican City	Vatican City	October 18	Official visit. Met with Pope Francis.
	Belgium	Brussels	October 18–19	See main article: Asia–Europe Meeting.
	Denmark	Copenhagen	October 19–20	Official visit. Attended the 1st P4G Summit.
16	Singapore	Singapore	November 14–16	See main article: Thirteenth East Asia Summit.
	Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	November 16–18	See main article: APEC Papua New Guinea 2018.
17	Czech Republic	Prague	November 27–28	Official visit.
	Argentina	Buenos Aires	November 29–December 1	See main article: 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit.
	New Zealand	Auckland	December 2–4	State visit.

2019

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
18	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	March 10–12	State visit.
	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	March 12–14	State visit. Met with Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.[4]
	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	March 14–16	State visit.
19	United States	Washington, D.C.	April 10–12	Working visit. Met with President Donald Trump.
20	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	April 16–18	State Visit
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent, Samarkand	April 18–21	State Visit[5]
	Kazakhstan	Nur-Sultan	April 21	State Visit[6]
21	Finland	Helsinki	June 9–11	State Visit[7]
	Norway	Oslo	June 11–13	State Visit[8]
	Sweden	Stockholm	June 13–15	State Visit[9]
22	Japan	Osaka	June 27–29	See main article: 2019 G20 Osaka summit.
23	Thailand	Bangkok	September 1–3	Official Visit[10]
	Myanmar	Myanmar	September 3–5	Official Visit[11]
	Laos	Laos	September 5–6	Official Visit[12]
24	United States	New York City	September 22–26	Working visit. He attended the UN General Assembly. Held a bilateral meeting with United States President Donald Trump.
25	Thailand	Bangkok	November 3–5	See main article: Fourteenth East Asia Summit. Working visit. Attended the ASEAN+3 Summit, 2019 East Asia Summit.
26	China	Chengdu	December 23–25	See main article: China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. Working visit. Attended the 9th China–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with Chinese 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	Image
27	United States	Washington, D.C.	May 20–21	Working visit. Met with President Joe Biden. Also met with Vice President Kamala Harris.
28	United Kingdom	Cornwall	June 11–13	See main article: 47th G7 summit. Working visit. Invited to the G7 Summit in Cornwall. 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.
	Austria	Vienna	June 13–15	State visit. Met with President Alexander Van der Bellen. Also met with Chancellor Sebastian Kurz.
	Spain	Madrid	June 15–17	State visit. Met with King Felipe VI. Also met with Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
29	United States	New York City	September 19–23	Working visit. He attended the UN General Assembly.
30	Vatican City	Vatican City	October 29	Official visit. Met with Pope Francis.
	Italy	Rome	October 30–31	See main article: 2021 G20 Rome summit. Working visit. Attended the 2021 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.
	United Kingdom	Glasgow	November 1–2	See main article: 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Working visit. Attended the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
	Hungary	Budapest	November 2–4	State visit. Met with Hungarian prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Attended the 2nd Korea-V4 summit. Also held a bilateral meeting with Hungarian president János Áder, Slovak prime minister Eduard Heger, Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš.
31	Australia	Canberra	December 12–15	State visit. Met with Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Also met with Governor-General David Hurley.

2022

	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
32	United Arab Emirates	Dubai, Abu Dhabi	January 16–17	Working visit. Met with Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	January 18–19	Official visit. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
	Egypt	Cairo	January 20–21	Official visit. Met with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

Multilateral meetings

Moon Jae-in is scheduled to attend the following summits as South Korean President.

Group	Year
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
UNGA					September 19–23, New York City
ASEM	None		None	(postponed)	November 25–26, (virtual) Phnom Penh
P4G	None		None	(postponed)	May 30, (virtual) Seoul
EAS (ASEAN+3)	November 13–14, Pasay				October 26–28, (virtual) Bandar Seri Begawan
ASEAN-Korea	November 13, Maynila				October 26, (virtual) Bandar Seri Begawan
APEC					November 12, (virtual) Auckland
G20					October 30–31, Rome
China–Japan–Korea	None			None	None
Others			Mekong-Korea November 27, Busan	Mekong-Korea November 13, (virtual) Hanoi	G7 June 11–13, Carbis Bay
	UNCCC November 1–2, Glasgow
	V4-Korea November 4, Budapest
██ = Virtual event

See also

• List of international trips made by presidents of South Korea
  • List of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk-yeol

Notes and References

1. Web site: Press statements following talks with President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in.
2. Web site: Moon's apology ignored in Vietnam. 15 November 2017.
3. Web site: President Moon regrets unfortunate history between Korea, Vietnam. Korea.net.
4. Web site: 2019-03-13 . Dr Mahathir, South Korea’s Moon hold talks . Malay Mail . en.
5. https://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-42710.htm South Korean President to visit Uzbekistan soon: ambassador
6. Web site: Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Moon Jae-in meet in Nur-Sultan. 22 April 2019.
7. Web site: South Korean and Finnish presidents discuss Pyongyang, business.
8. Web site: King Harald and Queen Sonja to host South Korean state visit in June. 30 May 2019.
9. Web site: Prime Minister Stefan Löfven to receive the President of the Republic of Korea. 7 June 2019.
10. Web site: President Moon to visit 3 SE Asian nations next week.
11. Web site: President Moon to visit 3 SE Asian nations next week.
12. Web site: President Moon to visit 3 SE Asian nations next week.