British Embassy Seoul
Embassy building in May 2013.
LocationSouth Korea Seoul
Address
  • Sejong-daero 19-gil 24
  • Seoul Jung-gu
  • 04519
  • South Korea
Coordinates37°34′1.327″N 126°58′30.083″E / 37.56703528°N 126.97502306°E / 37.56703528; 126.97502306
AmbassadorColin Crooks
Websitewww.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-embassy-seoul

The British Embassy in South Korea[lower-alpha 1] (Korean: 주한 영국 대사관) is the diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom to South Korea. The British Ambassador to South Korea is Colin Crooks, since March 2022.[1]

History

Starting on 11 October 2007, the embassy stopped processing visa requests. Requests after this date are handled by the visa application centre.[2]

The embassy began offering free English-language education and jobs training to North Korean defectors in May 2011.[3]

In August 2017, the embassy returned part of the land it owned on the street along the Deoksu Palace to create a pedestrian path.[4]

See also

British Legation to Korea, c. 1900.

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Also rendered as the British Embassy in Seoul, British Embassy Seoul, or Embassy of the United Kingdom in Seoul.

Citations

  1. ↑ "Colin Crooks". GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Se-jeong, Kim (13 September 2007). "British Embassy to Open New Visa Center". The Korea Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Young-jin, Kim (17 May 2011). "British Embassy launches English program for NK defectors". The Korea Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  4. ↑ Se-jeong, Kim (30 August 2017). "British Embassy returns street along Deoksu Palace to public". The Korea Times. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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