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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] The current ambassador is Cho Hyun-dong. [2]
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. [3]
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.
The United States ambassador to South Korea (Korean: 주한미국대사; Hanja: 駐韓美國大使) is the chief diplomatic representative of the United States accredited to the Republic of Korea. The ambassador's official title is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea." [1]
The Embassy of the United States in Seoul is the diplomatic mission of the United States in South Korea. The embassy is charged with diplomacy and South Korea–United States relations . The United States Ambassador to Korea is the head of the diplomatic mission of the United States to South Korea.
See South Korea–United States relations. South Korea has an embassy in Washington, D.C. [88] The United States of America has an embassy in Seoul. [89] The establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and South Korea began through its predecessor state Joseon, on 22 May 1882.
U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, April 2023. Diplomatic relations between South Korea and the United States commenced in 1949. The United States helped establish the modern state of South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, and fought on its UN-sponsored side in the Korean War (1950–1953).
Philip Seth Goldberg (born August 1, 1956) is an American diplomat and government official who has served as United States ambassador to South Korea since 2022. He served previously as ambassador to the Philippines, Bolivia and Colombia and chief of the U.S. mission in UN-administered Kosovo during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.