John Foster Dulles |
Seoul |
Signed Korean Mutual Defense Treaty. |
August 3-7, 1953 |
John Foster Dulles |
Seoul |
Met with President Rhee and senior Korean officials. |
March 17-18, 1956 |
David Dean Rusk |
Seoul |
Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. |
November 4-5, 1961 |
David Dean Rusk |
Seoul |
Met with President Park. |
January 29, 1964 |
David Dean Rusk |
Seoul |
Met with President Park and signed an agreement on the status of U.S.
forces. |
July 8-9, 1966 |
David Dean Rusk |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Johnson on a State visit. |
October 31-November 2, 1966 |
William Pierce Rogers |
Seoul |
Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. |
July 31-August 1, 1969 |
William Pierce Rogers |
Seoul |
Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. |
July 18-20, 1973 |
Henry A Kissinger |
Seoul |
Met with Premier Kim. |
November 16, 1973 |
Henry A Kissinger |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Ford. |
November 22-23, 1974 |
Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. |
June 30-July 1, 1979 |
Cyrus Roberts Vance |
Seoul |
Attended the funeral of President Park. |
November 1-4, 1979 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Met with President Chun and Prime Minister Kim. Visited American and Korean
military personnel. |
February 6-8, 1983 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. |
November 12-14, 1983 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. |
May 1-2, 1984 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. |
May 7-8, 1986 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. |
March 6, 1987 |
George Pratt Shultz |
Seoul |
Met with President Roh and senior Korean officials. |
July 16-18, 1988 |
James Addison Baker |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Bush on an official visit. |
February 27, 1989 |
James Addison Baker |
Seoul |
Attended Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference. |
November 12-15, 1991 |
Warren Minor Christopher |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Clinton. |
July 10-11, 1993 |
Warren Minor Christopher |
Seoul, Osan |
Discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula with senior Korean
officials, addressed Korean-American Friendship Society and U.S. military
personnel. |
November 8-10, 1994 |
Warren Minor Christopher |
Cheju Island |
Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with President Kim. |
April 15-16, 1996 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Seoul, Camp Bonifas, and Panmunjon |
Met with President Kim, Foreign Minister Yoo, and visited U.S. troops at the
Demilitarized Zone. |
February 21-23, 1997 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Seoul |
Met with President Kim and senior Korean officials. |
May 1-2, 1998 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Seoul |
Met with President Kim Dae Jung and senior Korean officials |
June 23-24, 2000 |
Madeleine Korbel Albright |
Seoul |
Met with President Kim Dae Jung and the Foreign Ministers of South Korea and
Japan. |
October 25-26, 2000 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Seoul |
Met with President Kim Dae-Jung and senior officials. |
July 27-28, 2001 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Seoul |
Accompanied President Bush. |
February 19-21, 2002 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Seoul |
Attended the inauguration of President Roh Moo-Hyun. |
February 24-25, 2003 |
Colin Luther Powell |
Seoul |
Met with President Roh and Foreign Minister Ban. |
October 25-26, 2004 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Seoul |
Met with Foreign Minister Ban and addressed U.S. military personnel. |
March 19-20, 2005 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Seoul |
Met with Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon. |
July 12-13, 2005 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Pusan |
Attended APEC Ministerial and Summit meetings. |
November 16-19, 2005 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Seoul |
Met with President Roh and Foreign Minister Ban. |
October 19-20, 2006 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Seoul |
Attended the inauguration of President Lee Myung-Bak and discussed the Six-Party
talks and a proposed Free Trade Agreement. |
February 24-26, 2008 |
Condoleezza Rice |
Seoul |
Met with President Lee Myung-bak and Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan. |
June 28-29, 2008 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Seoul |
Met with Foreign Minister Yu; gave an address at Ewha Women’s University. |
February 19-20, 2009 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Seoul |
Met with Foreign Minister Yu. |
May 26, 2010 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Seoul, Panmumjon |
Commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. Visited the DMZ. With
Secretary of Defense Gates, attended a 2+2 meeting with South Korea’s Foreign Minister
and Minister of National Defense and with President Lee Myung-bak. |
July 20-21, 2010 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Seoul |
Met with President Lee and Foreign Minister Kim. |
April 16-17, 2011 |
Hillary Rodham Clinton |
Busan |
Attended the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and the Partnership for
Growth Meeting. |
November 30, 2011 |