​Overview

• • Establishment of Diplomatic Relations : October 3, 1993
  • Bilateral Trade(2021)
    • Exports : $ 2.3 million
    • Imports : $ 0.1 million
  • Number of Koreans living in Burundi(2021) : 20
  • High-level Exchanges
    • From the ROK to Burundi
      • 1963  March Special Envoy Lee Soo-young
      • 1982  January Ambassador to Zaire Lee Jong-up
      • 2013  June Ambassador to Rwanda Hwang Soon-taik
      • 2016  February Secreteray General of the UN Ban Ki-moon
      • 2016  April Ambassador to Rwanda Kim Eun-joong
      • 2021  June Ambassador to Rwanda Choi Jin-won
      • 2022  October Special Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yeo Han-ku 
    • From Burundi to the ROK
    • 1985  October Minister of Finance Pierre Ngerngi(Attends the Annual General Meeting of the IMF and the IBRD in Seoul)
    • 1992  February Minister of Foreign Affairs Cyprien Mbonimpa
    • 2004  November Minister of Good Governance and State Inspection Nkurunziza
    • 2005  May Minister of Public Service Kobako Gaspard
    • 2006  June Minister of Communications Karenga
    • 2006  November Minister of Communications Karenga
    • 2011  November 2nd Vice President Rufyikiri
    • 2013  August Former President Ndayizeye
    • 2014  February Former President Ndayizeye
    • 2021  July First Lady Ndayubaha
    • 2022  August Vice Speaker of the National Assembly Nshimirimana 
    • Related Link: Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Rwanda (mofa.go.kr) (in charge of Burundi as well)