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The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of South Korea to the United States. Its main chancery is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue , Northwest, Washington, D.C. , in the Embassy Row neighborhood. [ 1 ]
This is a list of visas issued by South Korea. The government of South Korea, through the Ministry of Justice's "Korea Immigration Service," issues one of these visas to all non-citizens entering the country. In 2005, 5,179,848 visas were issued, not including military and landing-permit visas, a slight increase over the previous year.
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.
South Korea has so far sent twenty-four ambassadors to the United States, excluding 2 Chargé d'affaires a.i. (Koo Chong-whay and Oh Jay-hee). [2] As Chung Il-kwon served twice as the third and fifth ambassador, a total of twenty-three different people have served in the position.
Talks to agree upon a unity government for Korea failed, and in 1948, two separate Korean states were created: the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The United States established diplomatic relations with the new South Korean government, but did not recognize North Korea.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. Korean embassy may refer to: List of diplomatic missions of North Korea ...
The South Korean (Republic of Korea) constitution considers North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) as part of its territory, although under a different administration. In other words, the South does not view going to and from the North as breaking the continuity of a person's stay, as long as the traveler does not land on third ...
1811 Q St NW, Washington, DC 20009 Dupont Circle [182] Bolivia: Consulate-General 718 Connecticut Ave. NW, 2nd Floor Dupont Circle [183] Brazil: Consulate-General 1030 15th Street NW Downtown [184] Chile: Consular Section 1736 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Embassy Row [185] China: Consular Section 2201 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 110 Observatory ...