All posts tagged "Sung Kim"

  • U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Ambassador Sung Kim, speaks during a media briefing at a hotel in Beijing Friday. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea not ready for ‘serious’ nuke talks: U.S. envoy

    BEIJING (Yonhap) — North Korea may not be ready to hold “serious and productive” discussions with countries involved in the long-stalled talks on its nuclear programs, a top U.S. diplomat said Friday. Ambassador Sung Kim, the U.S....

    • Posted January 30, 2015
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    Asia Society to honor Ambassador Sung Kim at gala

    By Tae Hong Sung Y. Kim, the U.S. ambassador to Korea, will be one of those honored at Asia Society Southern California’s annual gala dinner on May 19 in Los Angeles. Ambassador Kim, who is the first...

    • Posted May 16, 2014
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    Mark Lippert to be named new U.S. ambassador to Seoul

    (Yonhap) — U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Mark Lippert, one of his closest aides, to be Washington’s next ambassador to Seoul, multiple diplomatic sources here said Thursday. The White House will soon announce the nomination of Lippert,...

    • Posted May 1, 2014
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  • President Obama will make Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden, his primary adviser in dealing with Ebola-related issues. (AP)
    “Obama enjoys Korean food”

    U.S. ambassador to Korea Sung Kim said U.S. President Barack Obama likes Korean food very much. Appearing on a morning show “Good Morning” of SBS, the envoy said, “President Obama enjoys Korean food so much that he...

    • Posted March 6, 2014
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  • U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at his residence, Habib House, in downtown Seoul. (Korea Times file)
    “This has been an amazing assignment…especially for a Korean American”

    U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim interview, Part 2 By Kang Hyun-kyung U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim said Thursday that his country is fully engaged in East Asia and will remain so, disputing some observations that...

    • Posted February 28, 2014
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  • U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at his residence, Habib House, in downtown Seoul. (Korea Times file)
    “Park-Obama summit will be productive”

    U.S. Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim interview By Chung Min-uck US Ambassador to Korea Sung Kim said President Barack Obama’s April summit with President Park Geun-hye will be “productive” in terms of the two country’s bilateral relations....

    • Posted February 27, 2014
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