Although the Burmese military junta and North Korea had cooperated over nuclear issues for the past few decades,[3] Prime Minister U Nu initially favoured Syngman Rhee's South Korean government.

[18] In January 2013, Aung San Suu Kyi paid her first visit to South Korea and met with both President Lee and Park Geun-hye, president-elect at that time.

[26] Moon addressed a business forum and joined the groundbreaking ceremony of the Myanmar–South Korea Industrial Complex Zone, to be completed in 2024, in Yangon.

She also held a bilateral meeting with President Moon where they signed 4 MOUs on cooperation on fisheries; technical and vocational training; the environment; and development of digital economy, higher education, smart cities and connectivity.

[31] In November 2020,[32] the year which marked the 45th anniversary of the two countries' bilateral relations,[33] South Korean deputy foreign minister Kim Gunn visited Myanmar[34] and showed South Korea's expectations for closer ties with Myanmar in the second term of Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD government.

[36] Since February 2021, the Myanmar community in South Korea has staged coup protests[37] which were also joined by Korean citizens ranging from students to monks.

[41] On 26 August, Cheongwadae issued a statement saying, "The [South Korean] government will continue to make contributions, going forward, so that the Myanmar situation can be resolved in a direction to meet the aspirations of its people.

"[42] On the 66th Memorial Day on 6 June, President Moon delivered a speech predicting that "Spring in Myanmar" would surely come, like the Gwangju Uprising made way for democracy in South Korea.

[48] In September 2020, the band traveled to South Korea to be trained for a month in the lead-up to performing at the Asia Song Festival, held in October 2020 in Gyeongju.