President Joe Biden announced Friday that Ambassador Sung Kim will serve as the United States’s special envoy to North Korea.
Kim, a career diplomat, previously served as Biden’s ambassador to Indonesia and was recognized directly by the president during his Friday press conference with South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
“The Republic of Korea and the United States are both built on innovation, and we must both meet the challenges facing us today and look to what is possible for tomorrow,” Biden noted at the top of his remarks. “Our partnership is grounded on our ironclad commitment to share security.”
He noted that the U.S. consulted closely with Moon’s administration while conducting its monthslong North Korea policy review and added: “We both are deeply concerned about the situation.”
“Our two nations also share a willingness to engage diplomatically with the DPRK to take pragmatic steps that will reduce tensions as we move toward our ultimate goal of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Biden continued. “Today, I confirmed to President Moon that the United States will proceed in close consultation with the Republic of Korea in our strategy and our approach.”
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