United States presidential visits to South Korea

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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

References

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