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The Embassy of South Korea in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of South Korea to the United States. Its main chancery is located at 2450 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood.〔http://www.embassy.org/embassies/kr.html〕 The current ambassador is Ahn Ho-young, a senior career diplomat whose most recent position was the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.〔http://usa.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa/mission/greetings/index.jsp〕 Due to the rather small size of its main chancery building, the embassy has an annex nearby in Arlington County, Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Korean Embassy offers Arlington County land to use for free )〕 It also occupies two additional buildings close to its main chancery building to house its Consular Section and a Korean Cultural Center.〔http://usa.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa/mission/location/index.jsp〕 The ambassador's residence is located in the nearby Spring Valley neighborhood, close to American University.〔http://blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=zandy3&logNo=60006021958〕 The embassy operates consulates general in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Seattle. In addition to those consulates general, the embassy also maintains a consulate agency in Guam as well as two consular offices in Anchorage and Dallas.〔http://usa.mofa.go.kr/korean/am/usa/legation/history/index.jsp〕〔http://usa-dallas.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa-dallas/mission/greetings/index.jsp〕 A statue of Dr. Philip Jaisohn, an independence activist and journalist, was dedicated in 2008 in front of the Consular Section building at 2320 Massachusetts Ave. N.W. ==List of ambassadors== After the independence of Korea from Japanese rule in 1945, and the founding of South Korea in 1948, South Korea immediately restored normal diplomatic relationship with the United States and has since been sending ambassadors to the United States.〔Some might argue that it was Kingdom of Joseon who established diplomatic relationship with the U.S. in 1882 and that as both South and North Korea stemmed from Kingdom of Joseon South Korea's diplomatic relations with the U.S. should begin in 1948 instead of 1882. Although this may be technically correct, as a matter of fact both South Korea and the U.S. consider their initial diplomatic relationship established in 1882, the evidence of which can be found from these websites: http://usa.mofa.go.kr/english/am/usa/main/index.jsp and http://www.state.gov/s/cpr/94073.htm〕 Although Chang Myon is officially recorded as the first ambassador serving from February 1949, Chough Pyung-ok was recognized in August 1948 as the Special Representative of the President of South Korea with a personal rank of Ambassador. Chang replaced Chough in January 1949 in the same capacity, and was appointed as the first ambassador the following month. South Korea has so far sent twenty-four ambassadors to the United States, excluding 2 Chargé d'affaires a.i. (Koo Chong-whay and Oh Jay-hee). As Chung Il-kwon served twice as the third and fifth ambassador, a total of twenty-three different people have served in the position.〔http://usa.mofa.go.kr/korean/am/usa/legation/history/index.jsp〕 Reflecting the United States' significance to South Korea's diplomacy, almost all of these ambassadors have been chosen from elites in their respective fields. For instance, the four most recent ambassadors have all been either career diplomats who had already served as the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (e.g., Ahn Ho-young, Choi Young-jin, and Lee Tae-sik), or in high government positions such as Prime Minister and head of the Finance Ministry (e.g., Han Duck-soo) before being dispatched to Washington D.C. A complete list of ambassadors is provided below in the order of appointment. All held the title of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary while in office.〔http://usa.mofa.go.kr/korean/am/usa/legation/history/index.jsp〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Embassy of South Korea, Washington, D.C.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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