List of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol

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This is a list of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol, the 13th President of South Korea. As of December 2023, Yoon Suk Yeol has made 16 presidential foreign trips to 18 countries since his inauguration.

Summary of presidential visits[edit]

The number of visits per country where he travelled are:

  • One visit to: Cambodia, Canada, India, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam
  • Two visits to: France, Indonesia, Japan and United Kingdom
  • Five visits to: the United States
Map of international trips made by Yoon Suk-yeol as president:
  One visit
  Two visits
  Three visits
  Four visits
  5 visits
  6 visits
  7 or more visits
  South Korea

2022[edit]

# Country Locations Dates Details Image
1  Spain Madrid June 27–30 Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Madrid summit.[1]
2  United Kingdom London September 18–19 Attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
 United States New York City September 20–21 Attended the UN General Assembly and Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference.[2]
 Canada Ottawa September 22–23 Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
3  Cambodia Phnom Penh November 11–13 Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2022 East Asia Summit.
 Indonesia Bali November 13–16

2023[edit]

# Country Locations Dates Details Image
4  United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi January 14–17 State visit. Met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
  Switzerland Davos January 17–21 Attended the World Economic Forum.
5  Japan Tokyo March 16–17 Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
6  United States Washington, D.C. April 24–29 State visit. Met with President Joe Biden.
7  Japan Hiroshima May 19–21 Working visit. Invited to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.
8  France Paris June 20–21 Working visit. Attended the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
 Vietnam Hanoi June 22–24 State visit. Met with President Võ Văn Thưởng.
9  Lithuania Vilnius July 10–12 Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Vilnius summit.
 Poland Warsaw July 12–14 Official visit. Met with President Andrzej Duda.
 Ukraine Kyiv July 15 Unannounced visit. Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
10  United States Camp David August 18 Working visit. Attended the United States–Japan–South Korea trilateral summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
11  Indonesia Jakarta September 5–7 Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2023 East Asia Summit.
 India New Delhi September 9–10
12  United States New York City September 18–22 Attended the UN General Assembly.
13  Saudi Arabia Riyadh October 22-24 State visit. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
 Qatar Doha October 25-26 State visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
14  United States San Francisco November 15-17 Attended the APEC United States 2023 summit.
15  United Kingdom London November 20-23 State visit. Met with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
 France Paris November 23-25 Working visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
16  Netherlands Amsterdam December 11-14 State visit. Met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

Future trips[edit]

Country Locations Dates Details
 Germany Postponed
 Sweden Postponed

Multilateral meetings[edit]

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

Group Year
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
UNGA September 20–21,
United States New York City
September 18–22,
United States New York City
September,
United States New York City
TBA TBA
ASEM None None None TBA None
P4G None None TBA TBA TBA
EAS
(ASEAN+3)
November 11–13,
Cambodia Phnom Penh
September 5–7,
Indonesia Jakarta
TBD
Laos Vientiane
TBA TBA
ASEAN–Korea November 12,
Cambodia Phnom Penh
September 6,
Indonesia Jakarta
TBD
Laos Vientiane
TBA TBA
APEC November 18–19,
Thailand Bangkok
November 15–17,
United States San Francisco
TBD,
Peru Lima
TBD,
South Korea South Korea
TBA
G20 November 13–16,
Indonesia Bali
September 9–10,
India New Delhi
November 18–19,
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
TBD,
 South Africa
TBD,
 United States
UNCCC November,
Egypt Sharm el-Sheikh
December,
United Arab Emirates Dubai
November,
Azerbaijan Baku
TBA TBA
China–Japan–Korea None None TBD,
South Korea Seoul
TBA TBA
Others NATO summit
June 28–30,
Spain Madrid
G7
May 19–21,
Japan Hiroshima
TBA TBA TBA
NATO summit
July 11–12,
Lithuania Vilnius
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lee, Haye-ah (28 June 2022). "Yoon arrives in Spain for NATO summit". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  2. ^ Lee, Jeong-Ho (22 September 2022). "South Korea President Caught on Hot Mic Insulting US Congress". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 September 2022.