Английская Википедия:Consulate General of South Korea, Hong Kong

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Шаблон:Infobox diplomatic mission Шаблон:Infobox Korean name Шаблон:Chinese The Consulate General of South Korea in Hong Kong (Шаблон:Lang-ko; Шаблон:Zh) is a consular mission of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to Hong Kong and Macau. It is located at 5-6F, Far East Finance Center 16, Harcourt Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong. It is one of the first South Korean overseas missions since the country's foundation, opened in British Hong Kong under approval of the United Kingdom in 1949, going through promotion and expansion in its history. Following the Transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong to China in 1997, the Consulate General was able to keep its presence according to a Sino-Korean agreement concerning foreign missions stationed in Hong Kong.

History

The foundation of the Korean consular mission in Hong Kong has a background of the country's external trade. With the trade between Korea and Hong Kong started in 1947 and the establishment of Anglo-Korean diplomatic relations in 1949, progress was gained on setting up a consulate. On 8 February 1949, a letter from the British Government was sent to South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) with approval on the Consulate. Cha Kyun-chan, then Director of the MOFA's Investigation Bureau (Шаблон:Lang), was appointed as the first Consul to Hong Kong, and went to his post by plane on 9 April. The Consulate was opened on 1 May, making it one of South Korea's first five missions abroad since the establishment of ROK Government.

On 29 November of the same year, the Consulate was promoted to the status of Consulate General, with Lee Jung-bang, councillor of the Korean Embassy to the Republic of China (ROC) became the first Consul General under appointment of the Korean MOFA. The Consulate General had its consular jurisdiction over both Hong Kong and Macau, and was relocated to several locations during the British colonial era, including Room 833-835, Man Yee Building, 67-71 Queen's Road, Room 2107-9, Realty Building. 71 Des Voeux Road and Korea Center Building, 3/F, 119-121, Connaught Road.

In 1980s, hotline between the Korean Consulate General and the Chinese Xinhua News Agency's Hong Kong Branch became an important communication channel between Seoul and Beijing following the hijacking of CAAC Flight 296 in 1983 and the desertion of Chinese Navy's Torpedo Boat 3213 to Korea in 1985. Also in 1985, in response to its contact to China on the field of economics, South Korea expanded the Consulate General on the mission's organization, function and the scale of diplomatic corps assigned to it, helping Korean companies and nationals in Hong Kong to trade with China. Korean diplomats with higher level was also assigned to Hong Kong as mission chiefs. Later in 1997, South Korea made consultation with China concerning the existence of the Korean Consulate General in Hong Kong, which was about to be transferred to China by the UK. On 15 April, resolution on the maintenance of Consulate General was made by the State Council of South Korea, and the two countries reached an agreement on 24 April, allowing the Consulate General to keep its presence in Hong Kong, the new Special administrative regions of China.

On 6 October 2009, the Korean Consulate General celebrated the 60th anniversary of its establishment, and a banquet was hosted to enhance the globalization of Korean cuisine.Шаблон:Rp On 30 June of the same year, vacant space inside the Consulate General's auditorium and Consular Section (Шаблон:Lang) was used to set up a new Cultural Center (Шаблон:Lang)Шаблон:Rp with exhibition sites and several kinds of IT equipment for cultural exchange. It was in February 2014 that the Consulate General opened its Korea Reference Room (Шаблон:Lang), which had a collection of 500 books in Korean, Chinese, English and 250 pieces of DVDs, containing resources like humanities, history, literature and publicity-related information issued by the Korean Government.

Heads of mission

Heads of the South Korean mission to Hong Kong

No.	Names	Names in Hangul/Hanja	Tenure started	Tenure ended	Ref
Шаблон:Center
1	Cha Kyun-chan	Шаблон:Lang	16 April 1949	11 May 1949
2	Kim Yong-shik	Шаблон:Lang	11 August 1949	27 November 1949
Шаблон:Center
1	Lee Jung-bang	Шаблон:Lang	27 November 1949	20 December 1952
2	Park Chang-joon	Шаблон:Lang	20 December 1952	23 August 1956
3	Kang Choon-hee	Шаблон:Lang	23 August 1956	12 November 1960
4	Choi Moon-kyung	Шаблон:Lang	8 March 1961	11 July 1962
5	Moon Duk-choo	Шаблон:Lang	11 July 1962	19 October 1964
6	Chin P'il-sik	Шаблон:Lang	1 November 1964	3 November 1966
7	Chang Sang-moon	Шаблон:Lang	4 November 1966	31 October 1967
8	Yun Kyong-do	Шаблон:Lang	5 November 1967	9 January 1972
9	Park Chang-nam	Шаблон:Lang	10 January 1972	14 February 1974
10	Ryee Soo-woo	Шаблон:Lang	15 February 1974	30 August 1977
11	Lee Chang-soo	Шаблон:Lang	1 September 1977	20 December 1980
12	Kim Tae-ji	Шаблон:Lang	31 March 1981	20 May 1984
13	Kim Chong-hun	Шаблон:Lang	1 June 1984	18 October 1985
14	Kim Jae-chun	Шаблон:Lang	18 October 1985	29 October 1987
15	Kim E-myung	Шаблон:Lang	5 November 1987	30 June 1990
16	Chong Min-kil	Шаблон:Lang	5 July 1990	30 April 1993
17	Nam Hong-u	Шаблон:Lang	5 May 1993	15 March 1996
18	Park Yang-chun	Шаблон:Lang	20 March 1996	15 April 1998
19	Shin Doo-byong	Шаблон:Lang	4 May 1998	31 December 2000
20	Kim Kwang-dong	Шаблон:Lang	12 February 2001	19 January 2002
21	Kang Keun-taik	Шаблон:Lang	26 February 2002	6 September 2004
22	Cho Hwan-bok	Шаблон:Lang	13 September 2004	2 March 2007
23	Seok Tong-youn	Шаблон:Lang	21 March 2007	6 March 2010
24	Jun Ok-hyun	Шаблон:Lang	8 March 2010	16 September 2012
25	Cho Yong-chun	Шаблон:Lang	19 September 2012	25 March 2015
26	Kim Kwang-dong	Шаблон:Lang	18 April 2015	19 September 2017
27	Kim Weon-jin	Шаблон:Lang	10 January 2018

See also

• List of diplomatic missions of South Korea
• Consular missions in Hong Kong
• Koreans in Hong Kong
• Korean International School of Hong Kong