​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 3, 1949
  • Bilateral Trade (2024) : $14.7 billion
    • Exports : $10.2 billion
    • Imports : $4.4 billion
  • Bilateral Investment (report-based)
    • The ROK's investment in Philippines : $100 million(2023)
    • Philippines' investment in ROK : $100 million(2024)
  • People-to-People Exchanges(2019)
    • Number of Korean visitors to the Philippines : 1,989,322
    • Number of Philippines' visitors to the ROK : 516,503
  • People-to-People Exchanges(2024)
    • Number of Korean visitors to the Philippines : 1,569,071
    • Number of Philippines' visitors to the ROK : 531,099
  • Number of Koreans living in the Philippines (2023) : 34,148
  • Number of Filipinos living in the ROK (2023) : 70,392
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the Philippines to the ROK
      • Jun.  2009 President, Arroyo(ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit)
      • Oct.  2013 President, Benigno S. Aquino III
      • Dec.  2014 President, Benigno S. Aquino III(ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit)
      • Oct.  2015 Senate President, Drilon
      • Jun.  2018 President, Rodrigo R.Duterte
      • Nov.  2019 President, Rodrigo R.Duterte(ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit)
      • Sep.  2023 Vice President, Sara Duterte
      • Aug.  2024 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Enrique A. Manalo
    • From the ROK to the Philippines
      • Jun.  2010 Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kim Hwang-sik
      • Mar.  2011 Speaker of the National Assembly, Park Hee-tae
      • Nov.  2011 President, Lee Myung-bak
      • Oct.  2012 Special Envoy of President, Shim Jae-Chul
      • Mar.  2015 Speaker of the National Assembly, Chung Ui-hwa
      • Aug.  2015 President of the Constitutional Court, Park Han-Chul
      • Nov.  2015 President, Park Geun-hye(APEC)
      • May.  2017 Special Envoy of President, Park Won-soon
      • Nov.  2017 President, Moon Jae-in(ASEAN Summit)
      • Jun.  2022 Special Envoy to the Presidential Inauguration, Kweon Seong Dong
      • Jul.  2023 Speaker of the National Assembly, Kim Jin Pyo
      • Oct. 2024 President, Yoon Suk Yeol

• • Related links

    • Embassy in Philippines
    • Consulate of the Republic of Korea in Cebu