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Korean Mission in Taipei

Korean Mission in Taipei

Representative office of South Korea in Taiwan

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]

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Unlike American Institute in Taiwan or Japan–Taiwan Exchange Association, the 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 1993[2][3] following an agreement on 27 July of that year.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7]

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.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Taipei Mission in Korea". Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  2. [2]
    Republic of China Yearbook, Kwang Hwa Publishing Company, 1995, pages 7-8
  3. [3]
    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.
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    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.
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    China and South Korea Planning To Establish Diplomatic Relations, New York Times, August 23, 1992
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    Seoul tries to mend Taipei tie Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine, Taiwan Today, November 8, 1996
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    Korea-Taiwan flying close to the wind, Andrew Petty, Asia Times Online, September 15, 2004
  8. [8]
    외교안보연구원 교학과 (ed.), 헌국외교 60년 (PDF), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (South Korea), p. 523, archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04
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    "Korea and Taiwan: Partners of Co-Prosperity with Commonality - the China Post". Archived from the original on 2016-09-28. Retrieved 2016-09-28.
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