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Presidents Travels to Korea, South

Name Locale Remarks Date
Dwight D. Eisenhower Seoul Visit to Korean combat zone. [Visit made as President-elect.] December 2-​5, 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower Seoul Met with Prime Minister Chung and addressed the National Assembly. June 19-​20, 1960
Lyndon B. Johnson Seoul, Suwon State visit; met with President Park and Prime Minister Chung. October 31-​November 2, 1966
Gerald R. Ford Seoul Met with President Park. November 22-​23, 1974
Jimmy Carter Seoul State visit; met with President Park and Prime Minister Choi. June 29-​July 1, 1979
Ronald Reagan Seoul, Demilitarized Zone State visit; met with President Chun, addressed the National Assembly, and visited U.S. troops. November 12-​14, 1983
George H. W. Bush Seoul Official visit; addressed the National Assembly. February 27, 1989
George H. W. Bush Seoul Met with President Roh and senior Korean officials, signed a science and technology agreement, addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel. January 5-​7, 1992
William J. Clinton Seoul Met with President Kim, addressed the Korean National Assembly, and visited U.S. military personnel. July 10-​11, 1993
William J. Clinton Cheju Island Met with President Kim and proposed four-nation peace talks. April 15-​16, 1996
William J. Clinton Seoul, Osan Met with President Kim Dae Jung; addressed U.S. military personnel. November 20-​22, 1998
George W. Bush Seoul, Dorasan, Osan Met with President Kin Dae-Jung, visited the Demilitarized Zone, addressed U.S. military personnel. February 19-​21, 2002
George W. Bush Pusan, Gyeongju, Osan Attended APEC Summit meeting and met with Russian President Putin. November 16-​20, 2005
George W. Bush Seoul, Yongsan Met with President Lee and addressed U.S. military personnel. August 5-​6, 2008
Barack Obama Osan, Seoul Met with President Lee. November 18-​19, 2009
Barack Obama Seoul Met with President Lee; attended the G-20 Summit Meeting. November 10-​12, 2010
Barack Obama Seoul Attended the Nuclear Security Summit. Met with President Lee Myung-bak and visited the Demilitarized Zone. March 25-​27, 2012