List of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol explained

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol, the 13th President of South Korea., Yoon Suk Yeol has made 21 presidential foreign trips to 25 countries since his inauguration.

Summary of presidential visits

The number of visits per country where he travelled are:

2022

CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage
1Madrid27–30 June

See main article: 2022 Madrid summit. Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Madrid summit.[1]

2London18–19 September Attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
New York City20–21 September Attended the UN General Assembly and Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference.[2]
Ottawa22–23 September Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
3Phnom Penh11–13 November

See main article: Seventeenth East Asia Summit. Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2022 East Asia Summit.

Bali13–16 November

2023

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4Abu Dhabi14–17 January State visit. Met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Davos17–21 January Attended the World Economic Forum.
5Tokyo16–17 March Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
6Washington, D.C.24–29 April State visit. Met with President Joe Biden.
7Hiroshima19–21 May

See main article: 49th G7 summit. Working visit. Invited to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.

8Paris20–21 June Working visit. Attended the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
Hanoi22–24 JuneState visit. Met with President Võ Văn Thưởng.
9Vilnius10–12 July

See main article: 2023 Vilnius summit. Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Vilnius summit.

Warsaw12–14 July Official visit. Met with President Andrzej Duda.
Kyiv15 July Unannounced visit. Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
10Camp David18 August

See main article: American–Japanese–Korean trilateral pact. Working visit. Attended the United States–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

11Jakarta5–7 September

See main article: Eighteenth East Asia Summit. Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2023 East Asia Summit.

New Delhi9–10 September

See main article: 2023 G20 New Delhi summit.

12New York City18–22 September Attended the UN General Assembly.
13Riyadh22–24 OctoberState visit. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Doha25–26 OctoberState visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
14San Francisco15–17 November

See main article: APEC United States 2023.

15London20–23 NovemberState visit. Met with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Paris23–25 NovemberWorking visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
16Amsterdam11–14 DecemberState visit. Met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

2024

CountryLocationsDatesDetailsImage
17Ashgabat10–11 JuneState Visit.[3]
Astana11–13 JuneState Visit.[4]
Tashkent13–15 JuneState visit.[5] [6]
18Hawaii, Washington, D.C.8–12 July

See main article: 2024 Washington summit. Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Washington summit.

19Prague19–22 SeptemberOfficial visit. The leaders of the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in various areas, including the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station and economic cooperation.[7]
20Manila6–7 OctoberState visit at the invitation of President Bongbong Marcos.[8] Laid a wreath at the Libingan ng mga Bayani to honor Filipino Korean War victims and met surviving veterans of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea.[9] Hosted to a state luncheon by President Marcos and First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos at the Malacañang Palace. Agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a "strategic partnership" level as part of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations. 20 memoranda of understanding (MOUs) were signed, including a feasibility study on reviving the long-dormant Bataan Nuclear Power Plant.[10] Delivered a keynote speech at the Philippines–Korea Business Forum at the Manila Hotel, where he stayed.[11]
Singapore8–9 OctoberState visit at the invitation of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Hosted to lunch by Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and to a State Banquet by President Tharman. Met with President Tharman, Prime Minister Wong and Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a “Strategic Partnership” Level as part of 50th Anniversary of diplomatic relations. 6 MOUs including Treaty of Extradition, Supply Chain Partnership Agreement, MOUs in Cooperation in the Field of Food Safety, Field of Liquified Natural Gas, SME and Start-up cooperation and Technological Cooperation were signed.[12]
10–11 October

Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2024 East Asia Summit.

2114–17 November

See main article: APEC Peru 2024.

17–19 November

See main article: 2024 G20 Rio de Janeiro summit.

Multilateral meetings

Yoon Suk-yeol is scheduled to attend the following summits as South Korean President.

Group Year
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
UNGA 20–21 September,
New York City
18–22 September,
New York City
27 September,
New York City
colspan="1" colspan="1"
ASEM NoneNoneNonecolspan="1" None
EAS
(ASEAN+3)
TBD,
Manila
ASEAN–Korea 10 October,
Vientiane
TBD,
Manila
APEC TBD,
Gyeongju
TBD,
G20 TBD,
NATO colspan="1"
UNCCC 6-22 November,
Sharm el-Sheikh
colspan="1"
China–Japan–Korea NoneNone26–27 May,
Seoul
colspan="1" colspan="1"
Others colspan="1" colspan="1"
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend
Cho Tae-yul attended in the president's place.
South Korea was not a full member.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Lee . Haye-ah . 28 June 2022 . Yoon arrives in Spain for NATO summit . . 6 September 2022 .
  2. News: Lee . Jeong-Ho . 22 September 2022 . South Korea President Caught on Hot Mic Insulting US Congress . Bloomberg . 25 September 2022 .
  3. Web site: Hwang . Seok-Joo . 10 June 2024 . Yoon arrives in Turkmenistan . 14 June 2024 . Yonhap News Agency . en.
  4. Web site: Hwang . Seok-Joo . 13 June 2024 . Yoon ends state visit to Kazakhstan . 14 June 2024 . Yonhap News Agency . en.
  5. Web site: 14 June 2024 . Yoon visits Uzbekistan . 17 June 2024 . Yonhap News Agency.
  6. Web site: Ji-hyoung . Son . 15 June 2024 . Yoon visits ancient Uzbek city, wraps up Central Asia trip . 17 June 2024 . The Korea Herald . en.
  7. News: 20 September 2024 . S. Korea, Czech Republic agree to team up for full cycle of nuclear energy industry . Yonhap News Agency.
  8. News: Cabato . Luisa . South Korean president to visit Philippines Oct. 6-7 . 3 October 2024 . . 3 October 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241003080636/https://globalnation.inquirer.net/251168/south-korean-president-to-visit-philippines-oct-6-7 . live . 3 October 2024.
  9. News: Espiritu . Rex . Yoon visits Libingan's Korean War Memorial . 12 October 2024 . . 7 October 2024.
  10. News: Seo Ji-eun . Korea, Philippines form 'strategic partnership' during Yoon's state visit . 12 October 2024 . . 7 October 2024.
  11. News: Park . Anna . Korea-Philippines Business Forum attracts Asia's business tycoons . 12 October 2024 . . 7 October 2024.
  12. Web site: State Visit of President of the Republic of Korea His Excellency Yoon Suk Yeol, 7 to 9 October 2024 .