​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : March 3, 1949
  • Bilateral Trade (2022) : $17.5 billion
    • Exports : $12.3 billion
    • Imports : $5.2 billion
  • Bilateral Investment (2022, report-based)
    • The ROK's investment in Philippines : $140 million
    • Philippines' investment in ROK : $2.4 million
  • 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(2022)
    • Number of Korean visitors to the Philippines : 428,014
    • Number of Philippines' visitors to the ROK : 206,529
  • Number of Koreans living in the Philippines (2021) : 33,010
  • Number of Filipinos living in the ROK (2021) : 38,035
  • 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)
    • 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

• • Related links

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