United States presidential visits to South Korea

Nine United States presidents have made presidential visits to South Korea. The first trip was made by Dwight D. Eisenhower (as president-elect) in 1952. Since then, all presidents, except John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, have travelled to South Korea while in office.

Table of visits

President	Dates	Locations	Notes
Dwight D. Eisenhower[1]	December 2–5, 1952	Seoul	Visit to Korean combat zone. (Visit made as President-elect.)
	June 19–20, 1960	Seoul	Met with Prime Minister Heo Jeong. Addressed the National Assembly.
Lyndon B. Johnson[2]	October 31 – November 2, 1966	Seoul, Suwon	State visit; met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Chung Il-kwon. Addressed National Assembly.
Gerald R. Ford[3]	November 22–23, 1974	Seoul	Met with President Park Chung-hee.
Jimmy Carter[4]	June 29 – July 1, 1979	Seoul	State visit; met with President Park Chung-hee and Prime Minister Choi Kyu-hah.
Ronald Reagan[5]	November 12–14, 1983	Seoul, Demilitarized Zone	State visit; met with President Chun Doo-hwan. Addressed the National Assembly and visited U.S. troops.
George H. W. Bush[6]	February 27, 1989	Seoul	Official visit; addressed the National Assembly.
	January 5–7, 1992	Seoul	Met with President Roh Tae-woo and senior Korean officials, signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel.
Bill Clinton[7]	July 10–11, 1993	Seoul	Met with President Kim Young-sam; addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel.
	April 15–16, 1996	Cheju Island	Met with President Kim Young-sam and proposed four-nation peace talks.
	November 20–22, 1998	Seoul, Osan	Met with President Kim Dae-Jung; addressed U.S. military personnel.
George W. Bush[8]	February 19–21, 2002	Seoul, Dorasan, Osan	Met with President Kim Dae-Jung, visited the Demilitarized Zone, addressed U.S. military personnel.
	November 16–20, 2005	Pusan, Gyeongju, Osan	Attended the APEC Summit meeting and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
	August 5–6, 2008	Seoul, Yongsan	Met with President President Lee Myung-bak and Addressed U.S. military personnel.
Barack Obama[9]	November 18–19, 2009	Osan, Seoul	Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Visited with U.S. military personnel.
	November 10–12, 2010	Seoul	Met with President Lee Myung-bak; attended the G-20 Summit Meeting.
	March 25–27, 2012	Seoul, Demilitarized Zone	Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak. Visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
	April 25–26, 2014	Seoul, Yongsan	Met with President Park Geun-hye. Visited with U.S. military personnel.

See also

• South Korea–United States relations
• Foreign policy of the United States
• Foreign relations of the United States
• United States–South Korea free trade agreement

References

1. "Travels of President Dwight D. Eisenhower". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
2. "Travels of President Lyndon B. Johnson". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
3. "Travels of President Gerald R. Ford". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
4. "Travels of President Jimmy Carter". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
5. "Travels of President Ronald Reagan". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
6. "Travels of President George H. W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
7. "Travels of President William J. Clinton". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
8. "Travels of President George W. Bush". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.
9. "Travels of President Barack Obama". U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian.