List of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol

This is a list of international presidential trips made by Yoon Suk Yeol, the 13th President of South Korea. As of December 2024^[update], Yoon Suk Yeol has made 21 presidential foreign trips to 27 countries since his inauguration.

On 9 December 2024, South Korea's Ministry of Justice issued an overseas travel ban against Yoon following an investigation into allegations of rebellion linked to his brief imposition of martial law.^[1]

Summary of presidential visits

The number of visits per country where he travelled are:

• One visit to: Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Czech Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lithuania, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
• Two visits to: France, Indonesia, Japan and United Kingdom
• Five visits to: 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

#	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
1	Spain	Madrid	27–30 June	Main article: 2022 Madrid summit Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Madrid summit.[2]
2	United Kingdom	London	18–19 September	Attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
	United States	New York City	20–21 September	Attended the UN General Assembly and Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference.[3]
	Canada	Ottawa	22–23 September	Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
3	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	11–13 November	Main article: Seventeenth East Asia Summit Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2022 East Asia Summit.
	Indonesia	Bali	13–16 November	Main article: 2022 G20 Bali summit

2023

#	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
4	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	14–17 January	State visit. Met with President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
	Switzerland	Davos	17–21 January	Attended the World Economic Forum.
5	Japan	Tokyo	16–17 March	Working visit. Met with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
6	United States	Washington, D.C.	24–29 April	State visit. Met with President Joe Biden.
7	Japan	Hiroshima	19–21 May	Main article: 49th G7 summit Working visit. Invited to the G7 Summit in Hiroshima.
8	France	Paris	20–21 June	Working visit. Attended the 172nd general assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE). Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
	Vietnam	Hanoi	22–24 June	State visit. Met with President Võ Văn Thưởng.
9	Lithuania	Vilnius	10–12 July	Main article: 2023 Vilnius summit Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Vilnius summit.
	Poland	Warsaw	12–14 July	Official visit. Met with President Andrzej Duda.
	Ukraine	Kyiv	15 July	Unannounced visit. Met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
10	United States	Camp David	18 August	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.
11	Indonesia	Jakarta	5–7 September	Main article: Eighteenth East Asia Summit Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2023 East Asia Summit.
	India	New Delhi	9–10 September	Main article: 2023 G20 New Delhi summit
12	United States	New York City	18–22 September	Attended the UN General Assembly.
13	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	22–24 October	State visit. Met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
	Qatar	Doha	25–26 October	State visit. Met with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
14	United States	San Francisco	15–17 November	Main article: APEC United States 2023
15	United Kingdom	London	20–23 November	State visit. Met with King Charles III and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
	France	Paris	23–25 November	Working visit. Met with President Emmanuel Macron.
16	Netherlands	Amsterdam	11–14 December	State visit. Met with King Willem-Alexander and Prime Minister Mark Rutte.

2024

#	Country	Locations	Dates	Details	Image
17	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	10–11 June	State Visit.[4]
	Kazakhstan	Astana	11–13 June	State Visit.[5]
	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	13–15 June	State visit.[6][7]
18	United States	Hawaii, Washington, D.C.	8–12 July	Main article: 2024 Washington summit Working visit. Invited to the NATO Summit in Washington summit.
19	Czech Republic	Prague	19–22 September	Official visit. The leaders of the two countries agreed to deepen cooperation in various areas, including the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station and economic cooperation.[8]
20	Philippines	Manila	6–7 October	State visit at the invitation of President Bongbong Marcos.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] Delivered a keynote speech at the Philippines–Korea Business Forum at the Manila Hotel, where he stayed.[12]
	Singapore	Singapore	8–9 October	State 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.[13]
	Laos	Vientiane	10–11 October	Main article: Nineteenth East Asia Summit Attended the ASEAN-Korea Summit, ASEAN+3 Summit, 2024 East Asia Summit.
21	Peru	Lima	14–17 November	Main article: APEC Peru 2024
	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	17–19 November	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
UNGA	20–21 September, New York City	18–22 September, New York City	27 September,^[a] New York City
ASEM	None	None	None
EAS (ASEAN+3)	11–13 November, Phnom Penh	5–7 September, Jakarta	9–11 October, Vientiane
ASEAN–Korea	12 November, Phnom Penh	6 September, Jakarta	10 October, Vientiane
APEC	18–19 November, Bangkok	15–17 November, San Francisco	15–16 November, Lima
G20	13–16 November, Bali	9–10 September, New Delhi	18–19 November, Rio de Janeiro
NATO	28–30 June,^[b] Madrid	11–12 July,^[b] Vilnius	9–11 July,^[b] Washington, D.C.
UNCCC	6-22 November, Sharm el-Sheikh	30 November - 13 December, Dubai	11-22 November, Baku
China–Japan–Korea	None	None	26–27 May, Seoul
Others		G7 19–21 May, Hiroshima
██ = Future event ██ = Did not attend ^a Cho Tae-yul attended in the president's place. ^b South Korea was not a full member.

See also

• List of international trips made by presidents of South Korea
  • List of international presidential trips made by Moon Jae-in

References

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