Korean Mission in Taipei

Korean Mission in Taipei
Korean Mission in Taipei
Chinese name
Chinese	駐台北韓國代表部
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhù Táiběi Hánguó Dàibiǎo Bù
Hokkien POJ	Chù Tâi-pak Hân-kok Tāi-piáu-pō͘
Korean name
Hangul	주 타이베이 대한민국 대표부
Hanja	駐 타이베이 大韓民國代表部
Revised Romanization	Ju Taibei Daehanminguk Daepyobu
McCune–Reischauer	Chu T'aipei Taehanmin'guk Taepyobu

Korean Mission in Taipei
주 타이베이 대한민국 대표부
駐台北韓國代表部
	The Korean Mission in Taipei at the International Trade Building.
Agency overview
Formed	25 November 1993
Jurisdiction	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Headquarters	Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan
Agency executive	Kang Young-hoon, Representative;
Website	Korean Mission in Taipei (Korean)

The Korean Mission in Taipei (Korean: 주 타이베이 대한민국 대표부; Chinese: 駐台北韓國代表部) is the representative office of South Korea in Taiwan, functioning as a de facto embassy in the absence of diplomatic relations. Its counterpart is the Taipei Mission in Korea in Seoul.^[1]

Unlike American Institute in Taiwan or Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association, Korean Mission in Taipei is directly under control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea (MOFA), and the representative, the head of the Mission, is a position usually served by senior foreign service officers from MOFA. The other two actively work with either the United States Department of State or the Japanese Foreign Ministry, but in legal basis they are completely independent entities.^{[citation needed]}

The Mission was established on 25 November^[2] following an agreement on 27 July 1993.^[3] This was after South Korea ceased to recognise the government in Taiwan as the Republic of China and closed its embassy in Taipei, following the establishment of relations with the People's Republic of China on August 27, 1992.^[4]^[5]

On 1 September 2004, representatives of the two missions signed an aviation agreement allowing aircraft of each side to enter the airspace of the other, permitting the resumption of direct scheduled flights by Korean and Taiwanese airlines, which had been discontinued in 1992.^[6]

Heads of Mission[]

The Korean Mission in Taipei is headed by a Representative (대표), the following is a list of Representatives since the Mission's establishment in 1993.

List of Representatives^[7]
No.	Name	Tenure	previous assignment
01	(한철수)	1993 – 1995	Ambassador to the Republic of China and Brazil
2	(강민수)	1996 – 1999	(Vice Chief of Staff, ROK Air Force)
3	(윤해중)	1999 – 2002	Minister of Korean Embassy in Tokyo
4	(손훈)	2002 – 2004	Ambassador to Cameroon Consul-General to Seattle
5	(황용식)	2004 – 2006	Ambassador to Tunisia
6	(오상식)	2006 – 2008	Ambassador to Gabon Minister of Korean Embassy in Paris
7	(구양근)	2008 – 2011	(scholar)
8	(정상기)	2011 – 2013	Consul-General to San Francisco
9	(조백상)	2014^[8] – 2016	Minister of Korean Embassy in Hanoi Consul-General to Shenyang
10	Yang Chang-soo (양창수)	2016 - 2019	Ambassador for IR, Gyeonggi Provincial Government Consul-General to Guangzhou
11	Kang Young-hoon (강영훈)	2019 -	Consul-General to Honolulu Minister-Counselor of Korean Embassy in Canberra

References[]

^ "Taipei Mission in Korea". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
^ 外交部外交年鑑編輯委員會 (1994). 中華民國八十三年外交年鑑. 中華民國外交部. p. 頁90. ISBN 9570047364.
^ Lung-chu Chen (1997). "Prospects for Taiwan's Membership in the United Nations". In Maysing H. Yang (ed.). Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena. M.E. Sharpe. p. 10. ISBN 1-56324-968-5.
^ China and South Korea Planning To Establish Diplomatic Relations, New York Times, August 23, 1992
^ Seoul tries to mend Taipei tie Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Taiwan Today, November 8, 1996
^ Korea-Taiwan flying close to the wind, Andrew Petty, Asia Times Online, September 15, 2004
^ 외교안보연구원 교학과 (ed.), 헌국외교 60년 (PDF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea), p. 523, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04
^ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-leisure/2016/09/28/479534/Korea-and.htm

External links[]

Korean Mission in Taipei (Korean)

[1] "Taipei Mission in Korea". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-03-13.

[年鑑1994-2] 外交部外交年鑑編輯委員會 (1994). 中華民國八十三年外交年鑑. 中華民國外交部. p. 頁90. ISBN 9570047364.

[3] Lung-chu Chen (1997). "Prospects for Taiwan's Membership in the United Nations". In Maysing H. Yang (ed.). Taiwan's Expanding Role in the International Arena. M.E. Sharpe. p. 10. ISBN 1-56324-968-5.

[4] China and South Korea Planning To Establish Diplomatic Relations, New York Times, August 23, 1992

[5] Seoul tries to mend Taipei tie Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Taiwan Today, November 8, 1996

[6] Korea-Taiwan flying close to the wind, Andrew Petty, Asia Times Online, September 15, 2004

[7] 외교안보연구원 교학과 (ed.), 헌국외교 60년 (PDF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea), p. 523, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04

[8] ttp://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/arts-leisure/2016/09/28/479534/Korea-and.htm

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Korean Mission in Taipei

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Heads of Mission[]

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