​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : November 14, 1977
  • Bilateral Trade(2020) : $260million
    • Exports : $160million
    • Imports : $100million
  • People-to-People Exchanges(2019) 
    • Number of Korean visitors to Sri Lanka : 12,195
    • Number of Sri Lankan visitors to the ROK : 18,338 
  • Number of Long-Term Residents (2021.12)
    • Korean long-term residents in Sri Lanka : 600
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Sri Lanka to the ROK
      • 1996   August President Kumaratunga
      • 1998   October Justice Minister Peiris
      • 2002   June Labor Minister M. SamaraSinghe
      • 2002   November Foreign Minister T. Fernando
      • 2003   August Labor Minister M. SamaraSinghe
      • 2004   December Labor Minister A. Senaviratne
      • 2005   April SLFP Leader Sirisena
      • 2005   April Speaker of the National Assembly Lokubandara
      • 2005   May Prime Minister M. Rajapaksa
      • 2005   August Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Gunawadena
      • 2006   April Minister of Disaster Management Samarasinghe
      • 2006   July Foreign Minister Samaraweera
      • 2006   August Prime Minister Wickramanayake
      • 2007   June Foreign Minister Bogollagama
      • 2007   November Special Envoy Moragoda
      • 2008   April Minister of Foreign Employment and welfare Rambukwella
      • 2008   May Minister of Cultural Affairs Abeywardana
      • 2008   May Minister of Petroleum Resources Dissanayake
      • 2008   May Minister of Education Service Nirmala
      • 2008   May Minister of Mass Media Abeywardhana
      • 2008   May Minister of Nation Building Pushpakumara
      • 2008   June Minister of Ports, Aviation, Irrigation and Water Management Rajapaksa
      • 2008   August Minister of Disaster Management Samarasinghe
      • 2008   October Minister of Foreign Employment and Welfare Rambukwella
      • 2008   October speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Lokubandara
      • 2009   August Minister of Human Rights Samrasinghe
      • 2010   October Minister of Economic Development Basil Rasapaksa
      • 2011   September Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris
      • 2012   Febuary Minister of Power and Energy Champika
      • 2012   April President Rajapaksa
      • 2014   Febuary Minister of Economic Development Basil Rajapaksa
      • 2016   March Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera
      • 2016   May Minister of Megalopolis Champika
      • 2016   May Prime Minister Wickremesighe
      • 2017   November President Maithripala Sirisena
      • 2018   August Speaker of National Assembly Jayasuriya
      • 2022   January Foreign Minister G.L.Peiris
    • From the ROK to Sri Lanka
      • 2000   August President of the Bank of Korea Chun Cheul-hwan
      • 2003   May Members of the National Assembly Yoo Jae-kun, Lee Jong-kul, Lim Jong-seok
      • 2004   July Member of the National Assembly Shin Kye-ryoon
      • 2005   January Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan
      • 2005   January Delegation of the National Assembly
      • 2005   March President of the Korean Red Cross Han Wan-sang
      • 2005   December Labor Minister Kim Dae-hwan
      • 2006   March Delegation of the National Assembly
      • 2007   March Special Envoy Kwon Oh-ryong
      • 2008   August Minister of the Prime Minister's Office Cho Jung-pyo
      • 2011   Febuary Special Envoy Park Young-jun
      • 2012   January Speaker of the National Assembly Park Hee-tae
      • 2013   August Prime Minister Jung Hong-won
      • 2017   March Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se
      • 2017   November Mayor of Seoul Park Won-soon
      • 2022   January Speaker of the National Assembly Park Byeong-seug
      • 2022   March  Minister of the Ofice for Government Policy Coordination Koo Yun-cheol

• Related links

  • Embassy in Sri Lanka