Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : Novemver 26,1883
Bilateral Trade (2022)
Exports : $6,340,999,201(Electric vehicle, Passenger car, Part of aircraft, Other automobile)
Imports : $5,775,250,373(Passenger car, Other automobile, Platinum, Medicaments)
Bilateral Investments(~2019)
The ROK's Investment in the UK : $18.6 Billion
The UK's Investment in the ROK : $21.1 Billion
Number of Koreans living in U.K. (2019) : 40,770
High-level Exchanges
From the ROK to U.K.
1986 April President Chun Doo-hwan
1989 November President Roh Tae-woo
1995 March President Kim Young-sam
1998 April President Kim Dae-jung
2001 December President Kim Dae-jung
2004 December President Roh Moo-hyun
2006 February Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
2006 June Minister of Foreign Affairs Ban Ki-moon
2006 May Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Han Duck-soo
2007 May Deputy Prime Minister for Economy Affairs Kwon Oh-kyu
2007 June Chairman of Financial Supervisory Service Yoon Jeung-hyun
2008 May Chairman of Financial Supervisory Service Jeon Kwang-woo
2008 May Minister of Strategy and Finance Kang Man-soo
2008 October Presidential Special Envoy Sa-Kong-il
2009 Febreary Presidential Special Envoy Sa Kong-il
2009 April President Lee Myung-bak (G20)
2010 January Minister of Foreign Affairs Yu Myung-hwan
2010 May Minister of Health and Welfare Jeon Jae-hee
2013 April Special envoy of the President Former Prime Minister Han Seung-soo (to ttend the funeral of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher)
2013 November President Park Geun-hye
2014 December Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se
2014 December Minister of Government Administration and Home Affairs Chong Jung-Sup
2015 June Deputy Prime Minister Choi Kyung-hwan
2015 June Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Yang Seung-tae
2016 March Minister of Culture Kim Jong-deok
2016 May Minister of Justice Kim Hyun-woong
2017 Febreary Minister of Foreign Affairs Yun Byung-se From U.K. to the ROK
2017 March Secretary-General of the National Assembly Woo Yoon-keun
2017 November Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Paik Un-gyu
2018 January Speaker of the national Assembly Chung Se-kyun
2018 May Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon
2018 July Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
2020 Febreary Minister of Foreign Affairs Kang Kyung-wha
2021 May Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong
2021 June President Moon Jae-in(G7)
2021 November President Moon Jae-in(COP26)
2021 December Minister of Foreign Affairs Chung Eui-yong(G7)
2022 September President Yoon Suk Yeol
2023 May Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
2023 September Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin
2023 November President Yoon Suk Yeol
From U.K. to the ROK
1986 May Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
1992 November Prince Charles and Princess Diana
1996 March Prime Minister John Major
1997 April Duke of Gloucester
1997 October Duke of Kent
1999 April Queen Elizabeth II
2000 October Prime Minister Tony Blair
2003 July Prime Minister Tony Blair
2001 April Duke of York
2005 November Duke of York
2006 October Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
2008 September Duke of York
2008 December G20 S pecial Envoy Timms
2009 October Minister of Business, Innovation and Skills Peter Benjamin Mandelson
2010 November Prime Minister David Cameron
2012 March Deputy Prime Minister Clegg (To attend Seoul Nuclear Security Summit)
2013 October Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs William Hague (To attend Seoul Conference on Cyberspace 2013 )
2015 August Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond
2016 December Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond
2017 Febreary Secretary of state for Digital, Cuture, Media and Sport Karen Bradley
2017 April Secretary of state for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Greg Clark