​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : May 20, 2002
  • Bilateral Trade(2022) : $691.9 million
    • Exports : $20.4 million
    • Imports : $671.4 million
  • Investment(2022, report-based) : $6.4 million
  • People-to-People Exchanges (2019)
    • Number of Korean visitors to Timor-leste : 1,445
    • Number of Timorese visitors to ROK : 1,285
  • People-to-People Exchanges (2021)
    • Number of Korean visitors to Timor-leste : 123
    • Number of Timorese visitors to ROK : 336
  • Number of Koreans living in Timor-leste(2021) : 123
  • Number of Timorese living in ROK(2021) : 2,186
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From Timor-leste to the ROK
      • Feb. 2013 Prime Minister, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão(Presidential Inauguration)
      • Aug. 2014 Prime Minister, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão(Private Visit)
      • Oct. 2014 Minister of Commerce, industry and Environment, António da Conceição
      • Mar. 2015 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hernâni Coelho(Private Visit)
      • Oct. 2015 Minister of Defence, Cirilo Cristóvão
      • May. 2015 Minister of Planning and Strategic Invest, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão(Private Visit)
      • 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
    • From the ROK to Timor-leste
      • May. 2002 Special Envoy of President to the Presidential Inauguration, Lee Hong-ku
      • May. 2007 Special Envoy of President to the Presidential Inauguration, Jeon Yoon-chul
      • Jan. 2013 Rep. Park Sang Eun, Park Soo Hyun
      • 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

• • Related links

    • Embassy in Timor-Leste