Other nationalities:

Following information are restricted to:
name, country, occupation & arriving time in Korea
as far as these are known!

Appenzeller, H.G.
US, Reverend, arrived in April 1885

Becker, Alois Ritter von
Austrian - Hungarian plenipotentiary, arrived Oct. 3rd, 1893 to ratify the treaty with Korea from June 1892.

Bekofsky
Russian (?), came in spring of 1883 with P. G. von Möllendorff to Korea to work in the custom office.

Biegeleben, Baron Rüdiger von
Austrian - Hungarian minister resident in Japan, signed the treaty with Korea on June 23rd, 1892.

Colloredo-Mannsfeld, Graf von 
Ensign, Austrian - Hungarian military attaché in Tokio, in June 1904 in Korea.

Fischer, Emil S.
Austrian, scientist, probably in 1894 the first time in Korea.

Fridelli, Ehrenbert Xavier  [Ernbert Xaver]
Austrian, monk of the Jesuit Order in Peking, China. 1709 during a cartographical journey at the Tuman river and on Korean soil.

Ginsburg, M.A.
American (?), British (?), arrived in Seoul on Aug. 17th, 1896.

Haas, Josef
Austrian, came in spring of 1883 with P. G. von Möllendorff to Korea to work in the custom office in Chemulp'o as authorized agent for Korean trade.

Haas, Joseph
Austrian, (probably identical with the above mentioned), consul general in Shanghai, probably 1899 on a trip to Korea.

Hahn, David E.
American, dentist, settled 1907 in Seoul.

Haus, Anton
Austrian, commanding officer SMS Kaiserin Maria Theresia, had an audience with king Kojong on Sep. 2nd, 1901.

Hesse-Wartegg, Ernst von
Austrian, well-known globetrotter and writer, made a side trip from Japan to Korea for a few days in the spring of 1894.

Hofmann, Amerigo
Austrian, head forester in Vienna and Prof. at the agricultural faculty at the university of Tokio, made a visit to Korea in May 1906.

Houben
Austrian, bought a piece of land in Pusan at the end of 1901.

Huber, Max
Swiss, on a scientific journey around the world, he came also to Korea in Sep. 1901 and stayed for 11 days mainly in Seoul.

Kehrberg, Paul de [Pavel Genrikhovich Kerberg]
Russian, 1894-1909 secretary and interpreter in the Russian legation in Seoul.

Krebbs, C.
American (?), British (?), came in spring of 1883 with P. G. von Möllendorff to Korea to work in the custom office in Chemulp'o.

Krips
Austrian, businessman in China, fled to Korea when his company went bankrupt probably in 1899.

Montecuccoli, Graf Rudolf von
Austrian - Hungarian, admiral on SMS Kaiserin Maria Theresia, had an audience with king Kojong on May 5th, 1901.

Pisko
Austrian - Hungarian consul in Shanghai, had an audience with king Kojong on Sep. 2nd, 1901.

Posthumus, O.
Dutch, 1886 harbor master in Pusan. He died of dysentery in Hong Kong in 1892.

Rautenfeld, Paul von
Russian, came from Peking and arrived in Seoul in April 5, 1896 to join the Customs Service.

Rosenbaum, Joseph
American, started a project in July 1884 to produce glass using Han River sand.

Speyer, Alexis de [Aleksei Nikolaevich Shpeier]
Russian plenipotentiary, 1896-1897 chargé in Seoul.

Stein, Evgenii Fedorovich
Russian, 1898-1899 interpreter in the Russian legation in Seoul.

Steinbeck, J.
Austrian, started trade in Chemulp'o early 1884.

Waeber, Carl Ivanovitch
Russian plenipotentiary, 1884 the first time in Korea. 1885-1896 consul general and chargé in Seoul.

Vaya und Luskod, Peter Graf Vay von
Austrian - Hungarian, Apostolic Protonotar, had an audience with king Kojong in Nov. 1902 and stayed for several months in Korea.

Vos, Hubert
Dutch - American artist, was visited by Prince Heinrich of Prussia in June 1899 in Seoul.

Voss, de
Russian physician in Seoul. Richard Wunsch met him several times in 1904.

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