​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : May 20, 2002
  • Bilateral Trade(2025) : $3.93 million
    • Exports : $3.6 million
    • Imports : $330 thousand
  • Investment(report-based) : $40 million (68-2025)
  • People-to-People Exchanges
    • Number of Korean visitors to Timor-leste : 2,302(2025)
    • Number of Timorese visitors to ROK : 1,909(2025)
  • Number of Koreans living in Timor-leste(2025) : 137
  • Number of Timorese living in ROK(2025) : 5,004
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Timor-leste to the ROK
      • Jun. 2016 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hernâni Coelho
      • Oct. 2016 Minister of State and Coordinator of State Administration Affairs and Justice, Dionísio Babo Soares
      • Apr. 2017 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hernâni Coelho
      • Jun. 2018 National Security Advisor, José Ramos-Horta
      • Jun. 2023 President, José Ramos-Horta
      • Oct. 2023 Vice Prime Minister, Mariano Assanami Sabino
      • Jul. 2024 Vice Prime Minister, Mariano Assanami Sabino
      • Sep. 2025 Vice Prime Minister, Mariano Assanami Sabino
      • Oct. 2025 Rogério Araújo Mendonça, Secretary of State for Vocational Trainning and Employment
    • From the ROK to Timor-leste
      • Feb. 2017 1st Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lim Sungnam
      • Aug. 2019 Former Commissioner of UN International Electoral Commission for East Timor Popular Consultation, Sohn Bong-Scuk
      • Mar. 2023 Friends of Southeast Asia(Special Envoy of Foreign Minister) delegation
      • Jul. 2023 Special envoy of the President for BIE
      • Jan. 2024 Minister of Forest Service, Nam Sung-Hyun
      • May. 2024 Friends of Southeast Asia(Special Envoy of Foreign Minister) delegation
      • Nov. 2025 Policy Advisor to the Minister of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, Choi Chi Hyeon
      • Feb. 2026 President of KOICA, Chang Won-Sam

• • Related links

    • Embassy in Timor-Leste