Biden Appoints Career Diplomat Sung Kim To Serve As Special Envoy To North Korea

Career diplomat Sung Kim will serve as the U.S. special envoy to North Korea, President Biden announced on Friday.

The president delivered the news alongside South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who spent the day in Washington, D.C., engaging in bilateral talks with Biden.

Kim, who until recently was U.S. ambassador to Indonesia, previously served as special envoy to multilateral six-party talks with North Korea during the Obama years.