kdiplo: Datasets and Tools to Analyze Korean Diplomacy

I share Korean diplomatic datasets and tools to analyze the data in {kdiplo} package. The most comprehensive dataset in this package is the Korean presidents’ high-level diplomatic visits dataset. This dataset contains Korean presidents’ bilateral, multilateral, and informal diplomatic visits between 1948 and 2023. The dataset includes details about the visits such as dates, reasons, type of visit, and more. I have not yet uploaded this dataset to the package. I will upload it soon.

Currently, the only function here is iso3c_kr() which allows you to convert Korean-language country names to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codes. I will add more functions and datasets in the future.

You can check the datasets that are, or will be, available in the package below.

Datasets

Dataset	Contents	Status	Uploaded
Korean presidents’ high-level diplomatic visits	Korean presidents’ bilateral, multilateral, and informal diplomatic visits between 1948 and 2023, details about the visits including dates, reasons, type of visit etc.	Complete	Coming soon
Inward high-level diplomatic visits	Foreign leaders’ bilateral, multilateral, and informal diplomatic visits to Korea between 2000 and 2023, details about the visits including dates, the visitor’s office and status at home etc.	Complete	Coming soon
Other Korean high-level diplomatic visits	Korean prime ministers and foreign ministers’ bilateral, multilateral, and informal diplomatic visits between 2000 and 2023	Complete	Coming soon
Diplomatic ties	The status of South and North Korea’s diplomatic ties with other countries in panel data format	Complete	Uploaded
Korean diplomatic missions abroad	Korean diplomatic missions’ (embassies and consulates) geolocations	Complete	Coming soon
Overseas Koreans	The numbers of overseas Koreans’ populations in other countries in panel data format	Complete	Coming soon
Trade	Korea’s export to and import from respective countries in panel data format	Complete	Uploaded
Foreign aid	Korea’s foreign aid to respective countries in panel data format	Complete	Coming soon
Korean presidents’ diplomatic speeches	Korean presidents’ speeches in diplomatic meetings in original language of the speech, official translations (if there is any), and make AI translation options based on user inquiry	Pending funding	Unavailable
News coverage about Korea	News coverage about Korea in the United States before, during, and after diplomatic visits	Pending funding	Unavailable
Diplomatic white papers text	Korean diplomatic white papers as searchable text corpus	Pending funding	Unavailable

Installation

You can install the kdiplo package from GitHub with:

devtools::install_github("kjayhan/kdiplo")

How to cite this package?

When using the kdiplo package please cite the following:

• Ayhan, Kadir Jun (2025). kdiplo: Datasets and Tools to Analyze Korean Diplomacy. R package version ‘0.2.0’