November 18, 2025
PH AMBASSADOR REINFORCES PH–ROK STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP IN MEETING WITH MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL
Seoul, Republic of Korea — PH Ambassador-designate to the ROK Bernadette Therese C. Fernandez paid a courtesy call on Director General for Southeast Asian Affairs Lee Donggy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea on 13 November 2025. During the call, both officials discussed ongoing efforts to deepen the Philippines-ROK Strategic Partnership, particularly through strengthened dialogue mechanisms, enhanced maritime cooperation, expanded defense logistics and infrastructure collaboration and closer people-to-people linkages. Ambassador-designate Fernandez and Director General Lee acknowledged the growing value of close coordination among defense, maritime, and law enforcement agencies in addressing emerging security challenges and supporting shared regional priorities.
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November 25, 2025
Philippine Embassy Empowers Filipino Community Leaders in South Korea
08-09 November 2025, Daejeon, Republic of Korea - The Philippine Embassy in Seoul successfully conducted the 3rd Filipino Community Leaders’ Camp on 8–9 November 2025 at the National Center for Forest Education, Daejeon, South Korea. With the theme “Empowering Leaders: Updates, Services, and Security for the Filipino Community in South Korea,” the two-day event brought together 65 Filipino community leaders from across the country to strengthen unity, leadership, and collaboration within the Filipino community.
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November 26, 2025
ADVISORY: WARNING AGAINST ILLEGAL LOAN-SHARKING SCHEMES TARGETING FOREIGN WORKERS
The Philippine Embassy, through its Migrant Workers Office (MWO) in Korea, wishes to inform all Overseas Filipino Workers of a recently uncovered large-scale illegal loan-sharking operation that victimized more than 9,000 foreign workers across the country.
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November 27, 2025
SEOUL PE OFFICIALS VISIT CEBU PACIFIC’S HAPPY STORE EVENT
25 October 2025, Seoul - Ambassador-designate Bernadette Fernandez, along with Consul General Edwin Gil Mendoza and Tourism Attaché Dr. Erwin Balane, visited the “Cebu Pacific Happy Store”, a pop-up store at Seongsu-dong, Seoul on 24 October 2025. Ambassador-designate Fernandez was welcomed by Mr. Hyuk Shin Kang, the airlines’ Country Manager in the ROK and other Cebu Pacific officials from the Philippines.
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November 27, 2025
PH AMBASSADOR JOINS DOT’s ILOCOS AND PANGASINAN REGION – PRODUCT PRESENTATION AND B2B NETWORKING SESSION IN SEOUL
05 November 2025, Seoul. Ambassador-designate Bernadette Therese Fernandez participated in the Department of Tourism’s Ilocos and Pangasinan Region - Product Presentation and B2B Networking Session at the Orakai Daehakro Hotel in Seoul on 05 November 2025. The event was part of the DOT Region 1’s Korea Tourism Showcase and Exchange Program, conducted in coordination with PDOT-Korea Office, held in various areas in the Republic of Korea for the period 2-7 November 2025.
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