| John Foster Dulles | Seoul | Signed Korean Mutual Defense Treaty. | August 3–7, 1953 |
| John Foster Dulles | Seoul | Met with President Rhee and senior Korean officials. | March 17–18, 1956 |
| David Dean Rusk | Seoul | Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. | November 4–5, 1961 |
| David Dean Rusk | Seoul | Met with President Park. | January 29, 1964 |
| David Dean Rusk | Seoul | Met with President Park and signed an agreement on the status of U.S.
forces. | July 8–9, 1966 |
| David Dean Rusk | Seoul | Accompanied President Johnson on a State visit. | October 31–November 2, 1966 |
| William Pierce Rogers | Seoul | Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. | July 31–August 1, 1969 |
| William Pierce Rogers | Seoul | Met with President Park and senior Korean officials. | July 18–20, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Seoul | Met with Premier Kim. | November 16, 1973 |
| Henry A. (Heinz Alfred) Kissinger | Seoul | Accompanied President Ford. | November 22–23, 1974 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Seoul | Accompanied President Carter on a State visit. | June 30–July 1, 1979 |
| Cyrus Roberts Vance | Seoul | Attended the funeral of President Park. | November 1–4, 1979 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Met with President Chun and Prime Minister Kim. Visited American and Korean
military personnel. | February 6–8, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Accompanied President Reagan on a State visit. | November 12–14, 1983 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. | May 1–2, 1984 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. | May 7–8, 1986 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Met with President Chun and senior Korean officials. | March 6, 1987 |
| George Pratt Shultz | Seoul | Met with President Roh and senior Korean officials. | July 16–18, 1988 |
| James Addison Baker | Seoul | Accompanied President Bush on an official visit. | February 27, 1989 |
| James Addison Baker | Seoul | Attended Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference. | November 12–15, 1991 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Seoul | Accompanied President Clinton. | July 10–11, 1993 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Seoul, Osan | Discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula with senior Korean
officials, addressed Korean-American Friendship Society and U.S. military
personnel. | November 8–10, 1994 |
| Warren Minor Christopher | Cheju Island | Accompanied President Clinton to a meeting with President Kim. | April 15–16, 1996 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Seoul, Camp Bonifas, Panmunjon | Met with President Kim, Foreign Minister Yoo, and visited U.S. troops at the
Demilitarized Zone. | February 21–23, 1997 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Seoul | Met with President Kim and senior Korean officials. | May 1–2, 1998 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Seoul | Met with President Kim Dae Jung and senior Korean officials. | June 23–24, 2000 |
| Madeleine Korbel Albright | Seoul | Met with President Kim Dae Jung and the Foreign Ministers of South Korea and
Japan. | October 25–26, 2000 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Seoul | Met with President Kim Dae-Jung and senior officials. | July 27–28, 2001 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Seoul | Accompanied President Bush. | February 19–21, 2002 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Seoul | Attended the inauguration of President Roh Moo-Hyun. | February 24–25, 2003 |
| Colin Luther Powell | Seoul | Met with President Roh and Foreign Minister Ban. | October 25–26, 2004 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Seoul | Met with Foreign Minister Ban and addressed U.S. military personnel. | March 19–20, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Seoul | Met with Foreign Minister Ban Ki Moon. | July 12–13, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Pusan | Attended APEC Ministerial and Summit meetings. | November 16–19, 2005 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Seoul | Met with President Roh and Foreign Minister Ban. | October 19–20, 2006 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Seoul | Attended the inauguration of President Lee Myung-Bak and discussed the Six-Party
talks and a proposed Free Trade Agreement. | February 24–26, 2008 |
| Condoleezza Rice | Seoul | Met with President Lee Myung-bak and Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan. | June 28–29, 2008 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Seoul | Met with Foreign Minister Yu; gave an address at Ewha Women’s University. | February 19–20, 2009 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Seoul | Met with Foreign Minister Yu. | May 26, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Seoul, Panmunjon | Commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War. Visited the DMZ. With
Secretary of Defense Gates, attended a 2+2 meeting with South Korea’s Foreign Minister
and Minister of National Defense and with President Lee Myung-bak. | July 20–21, 2010 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Seoul | Met with President Lee and Foreign Minister Kim. | April 16–17, 2011 |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | Busan | Attended the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and the Partnership for
Growth Meeting. | November 30, 2011 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Seoul | Met with President Park Gyeun-hye and Prime Minister Yun Byun-se. Addressed the
American Chamber of Commerce. | April 12–13, 2013 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Seoul | Met with President Park Geun-Hye and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se. | February 13–14, 2014 |
| John Forbes Kerry | Seoul | Met with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-Se and President Park Geun-Hye. | May 17–18, 2015 |
| Rex W. Tillerson | Seoul | Met with Acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn and Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se. Visited
the Demilitarized Zone. | March 17–18, 2017 |
| Rex W. Tillerson | Seoul | Accompanied President Trump. | November 5–8, 2017 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Seoul | Met with senior Korean and Japanese officials to discuss the U.S.-Republic of Korea
alliance, the U.S.-Japan alliance, and next steps in our shared approach to North
Korea. | June 13–14, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Seoul | Met with President Moon Jae-in, and Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha. | October 7–8, 2018 |
| Michael R. Pompeo | Seoul | Joined President Trump’s meeting with President Moon Jae-in. | June 30, 2019 |
| Antony Blinken | Seoul | Attended a U.S.-ROK Foreign and Defense Ministerial and met with Foreign Minister
Chung Eui-yong. | March 17–18, 2021 |
| Antony Blinken | Seoul | Attended a U.S.-ROK Foreign and Defense Ministerial and met with Foreign Minister
Chung Eui-yong. | March 17–18, 2021 |
| Antony Blinken | Seoul | Met with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Foreign Minister Park Jin, and National Security
Advisor Cho Tae-yong. | November 8–9, 2023 |
