Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Permanent Mission to the International Maritime Organization

21 April 1882

Korea and the UK sign a treaty consisting of 14 articles ,which are the same as 14-articles as the Korea-US treaty)
- The British government holds back ratification of the treaty as the treaty is not the same as with the Korea-Japan treaty

26 November 1883

Signs the Korea-UK Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation and its protocol

4 April 1884

Harry Parkes, Minister to China visits Korea and exchanges instruments of ratification
W G Aston, Consul-General arrives in Seoul

1900

The British Consulate in Korea is raised to the British Legation in Korea

1901

Korea builds up the Korean Legation in the UK(Min Yung Ton is appointed Minister)

1906

The Korean Legation in the UK is downgraded to the Korean Consulate after the conclusion of the Korea-Japan Protectorate Treaty 
(The Korean Consulate in the UK keeps open after the 1910 Korea-Japan Annexation Treaty)

1946

The British Consulate in Korea is re-opened

18 January 1949

Following the establishment of the Republic of Korea(ROK) in 1948, Korea and the UK reestablishes diplomatic relations
The UK officially recognizes the Republic of Korea(ROK)

17 March 1949

Captain Vyvyan Holt is appointed the first British Minister at the British Legation in Korea

31 December 1949

Yun Tchi Chang is appointed the first Korean Minister to the UK (The Korean Legation is opened on 17 February 1950)

6 June 1950

Vyvyan Holt takes office formally 
(In July 1950, Holt is detained by the North Koreans and is released in April 1953)

13 June 1957

Korea and the UK raise the two countries' diplomatic missions to Embassies

28 June 1957

Hubert J. Evans, the British Minister to Korea is promoted to the first Ambassador to Korea

1 November 1957

Kim Yong Woo, the first Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

28 November 1958

Kim Yu Taik, the Ambassador to the UK is presented credentials

17 March 1961

Walter Godfrey, the second Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

10 May 1961

Kim Yong Shik is appointed the third Ambassador to the UK

16 August 1962

Lee Honkon is appointed the fourth Ambassador to the UK

12 December 1967

Pai Ei Whan, the fifth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

14 March 1969

N.C.C. Trench, the fourth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

6 October 1971

Jeffrey Charles Petersen, the fifth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

10 November 1971

Choi Kyung Nok, the sixth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

17 December 1974

Kim Yong Shik, the seventh Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

5 March 1975

William Stanley Bates, the sixth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

11 May 1977

Han Pyo-Wook the eighth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

24 September 1980

J.A.L. Morgan, the seventh Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

25 February 1981

Kang Young Hoon, the ninth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

4 May 1983

J.N.T. Spreckley, the eighth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

14 February 1985

Kim Young Choo, the tenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

16 October 1986

Lawrence J. Middleton, the ninth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

16 December 1987

Oh Jayhee, the eleventh Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

17 April 1990

David J. Wright, the tenth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

16 May 1991

Lee Hongkoo, the twelfth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

13 July 1993

Roe Chang Hee, the thirteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

4 April 1994

Thomas Harris, the eleventh Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

2 May 1996

Choi Dong-Jin, the fourteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

15 April 1997

Stephen Brown, the twelfth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

23 March 1999

Choi Sung-Hong, the fifteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

30 August 2000

Charles Humfrey, the twelfth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

31 July 2001

Ra Jong-il, the sixteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

18 July 2003

Lee Tae-Sik, the seventeenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

2 December 2003

Warwick Morris, the fourteenth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

10 June 2005

Cho Yoon-Je, the eighteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials

15 February 2008

Martin Uden, the fifteenth Ambassador to Korea presents credentials

9 October 2008

Chun Yung-woo, the nineteenth Ambassador to the UK presents credentials