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Embassy of Thailand, Seoul (สถานเอกอัครราชทูตไทย ณ กรุงโซล；주한 태국 대사관) is the diplomatic mission of Thailand in South Korea, located at Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul. Thai missions to Korea can be traced back to 1959, one year following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. Originally represented by an envoy, the head of mission was promoted to the status of ambassador after the opening of embassy in 1961.

History


History of the Thai representative mission in Korea dates back to the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. Thailand, as a belligerent state of the war, sent a delegation to the United Nations Command Korea. . On October 1, 1958, when the diplomatic relations of Thailand and South Korea established, a joint statement on the exchange of missions was announced on the same day, and the post of Thai envoy to Korea was hosted concurrently by the Thai ambassador to the Republic of China (ROC). On April 23, the Thai Embassy to the ROC in Taipei, Taiwan, announced Ambassador Sunthorn Sunthornnavin, a retired Vice Admiral of the Royal Thai Navy, as the Thai envoy to Korea, but remained resident in Taipei.

Before the formal establishment of the embassy, the Thai Representative to the UNCURK temporarily acted as the country's head of mission in Seoul. on January 6, 1961. 泰國駐韓大使館在漢城市內的德壽大廈（덕수삘딩） 舉辦開館典禮，韓國總理張勉、韓國外務部部長和各國駐韓外交使節團成員均到場出席，並由張勉親自替泰國國旗進行揭幕、展開儀式活動. 同年8月24日 ，泰國第一任駐韓大使——泰國皇家警察退役少將 赴青瓦台向韓國總統尹潽善呈遞到任國書.

1961年12月16日，泰國大使館將館舍移轉至梨泰院洞的阿里郎住宅村（아리랑주택촌）66號 ，在遷入漢南洞現址之前，亦曾使用梨泰院洞5-8號 、梨泰院洞南山村133號 等處辦公. 除了首都的大使館本館之外，泰方又在1996年至韓國南部另設駐釜山名譽領事館，而在韓設有代表的10座機構也接受泰國駐韓大使領導.