Embassy of South Korea, Moscow

The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Moscow is the chief diplomatic mission of South Korea in the Russian Federation. It is located at 56 Plyushchikha Street in the Khamovniki District of Moscow.

WWW overseas.mofa.go.kr/ru-ko...

Organization

The embassy consists of the following sections:

Political Section
Management Section
Economic Affairs Section
Public Affairs Section
Consular Section
Consulate General
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Ambassadors

The relations between Russia and Korea dates back in 1896, when Min Yŏnghwan was appointed as the special minister to Russian empire in Saint Petersburg. However, due to Korea became a colony of Japanese empire, Russo-Korean relations soon came to the end in 1905. In 1990, along with the concept of Nordpolitik, South Korea and Soviet Union decided to open diplomatic ties again. Since 1990, South Korea decided to install an embassy in Moscow, followed with three different consulate general in Vladivostok, Saint Petersburg and Irkutsk. The first ambassador to Russia was Gong Ro-Myung. The position of Republic of Korea Ambassador to Russia is currently appointed to Lee Seok-bae who held the same position during Moon Jae-in administration.