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Mongolia–South Korea relations ( mn, Монгол, Өмнөд Солонгосын харилцаа, ko, 대한민국-몽골 관계) are foreign relations between
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
and the
Mongolia Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "State of Mongolia" () is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south. It covers an area of , with a population of just 3.3 million, ...
. Both countries established diplomatic relations on March 26, 1990. South Korea has an embassy in
Ulaanbaatar Ulaanbaatar (; mn, Улаанбаатар, , "Red Hero"), previously anglicized as Ulan Bator, is the capital and most populous city of Mongolia. It is the coldest capital city in the world, on average. The municipality is located in north ce ...
. Mongolia has an embassy in
Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...
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Mongolians in South Korea Mongolians in South Korea form the world's largest population of Mongolian citizens abroad. Population By 2003, there were already 20,000 Mongolians working in South Korea, making their population larger than the combined total of Mongolian Amer ...
form the largest population of Mongolian citizens abroad. Their numbers were estimated at 33,000 . There are also about 3,500 South Koreans in Mongolia. Under a bilateral agreement signed in 2006, citizens of each country residing in the other are exempted from otherwise-mandatory contributions to the national pension plans of the country they reside in.


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Mongol invasions of Korea A series of campaigns were conducted between 1231 and 1270 by the Mongol Empire against the Goryeo dynasty of Korea. There were seven major campaigns at tremendous cost to civilian lives, the last campaign made Goryeo a vassal state of the Yu ...
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Mongolia–North Korea relations Mongolia–North Korea relations ( mn, Монгол, БНАСАУ-ын харилцаа, ko, 몽골-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계) are the historic and current bilateral relations between Mongolia and the Democratic People's Republic of ...
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Altaic languages Altaic (; also called Transeurasian) is a controversial proposed language family that would include the Turkic languages, Turkic, Mongolic languages, Mongolic and Tungusic languages, Tungusic language families and possibly also the Japonic la ...


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South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade about relations with Mongolia

South Korean embassy in Ulaanbaatar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mongolia-South Korea relations Bilateral relations of South Korea
Korea, South South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its east ...