South Korea Forms Diplomatic Relations With Niue

South Korea's president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol attends a ceremony of disbanding his presidential election camp at the National Assembly Library in Seoul, South Korea, on March 10, 2022. Song Kyung-seok/Pool via Reuters

The South Korean government has established formal diplomatic relations with Niue, the lone Pacific island nation with which South Korea didn’t have diplomatic ties.

Foreign Minister Park Jin and Niue Premier Dalton Tagelagi signed a joint statement on May 29 to formalize their countries’ diplomatic ties on the sidelines of the Korea–Pacific leaders’ summit in Seoul.