The Embassy of South Korea in

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. South Korea also maintains a Cultural Centre at 1-3

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. The official ambassador’s residence is an elegantly understated villa (detached and double fronted) at 4 Palace Gate, Kensington. As of 2021, South Korea's Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is Kim Gunn.

Gallery

File:Embassy of South Korea in London 2.jpg, Plaque outside the embassy in

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. File:Statue of Yi Han Eung.jpg, Statue of Yi Han-eung, Korean Charge d'Affaires to UK who died in London in May 1905

References

External links

Official website
Year of establishment missing Korea, South

South Korea–United Kingdom relations Buildings and structures in the City of Westminster {{SouthKorea-stub es:Anexo:Embajadores de Corea del Sur en el Reino Unido