Trump names ex-NK envoy as ambassador to Indonesia

By Yonhap

Published : July 11, 2019 - 09:49

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday named a former envoy for North Korea as ambassador to Indonesia, the White House said.

Sung Kim, currently the US ambassador to the Philippines, is well known in South Korea as a former top US envoy to Seoul and chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

Sung Kim (Yonhap)

In his current post, Kim also led working-level preparations for Trump's first summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore in June 2018.

The South Korean-born career diplomat earlier served in US missions in Japan and Malaysia.

His appointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate. (Yonhap)