“It’s not actually nuclear sharing” NSC aide Kagan, as Malaysian ambassador… Chain movement of the US ‘Korean Peninsula Line’

On the 2nd, U.S. President Joe Biden nominated Edgard Kagan, a senior adviser to the National Security Council (NSC), a representative of the White House’Korean Tong’, as the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia. Indonesian Ambassador Sung Kim, who also serves as the US State Department’s special representative for North Korea policy, is also known to be replaced sooner or later, and it is expected that the Biden administration’s “Korean Peninsula line” will move in succession.

Immediately after the launch of the Biden administration, senior aide Kagan served as senior aide in charge of East Asia and Oceania, which was in charge of the Korean Peninsula, and led the practice of the’Washington Declaration’ announced by Presidents Seok-Yeol Yoon and President Biden. Regarding the Washington Declaration on the 27th of last month, right after the Korea-U.S. summit, Senior Assistant Director Kagan said, “It will feel like de facto nuclear sharing,” said Deputy Director Kim Tae-hyo of the National Security Office. Senior Advisor Kagan was in charge of the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear issue while working at the US Embassy in China, and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Korea and Japan after serving as the Director of Korea at the State Department under the Barack Obama Administration.

As his successor, it is known that the appointment of Mira Laphooper, NSC Indo-Pacific Assistant, and other NSC internal personnel promotions will be considered.

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Ambassador Kim, who is also the special representative for North Korea policy in charge of negotiations with North Korea, was also told that the selection of a successor was virtually finalized. Ambassador Kim, who served as the US ambassador to Korea as a Korean, led the US delegation for working-level talks at the 2018 North Korea-US summit. Immediately after the inauguration of President Biden, he was appointed as the Indonesian ambassador after serving as the acting assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs at the State Department. Ambassador Kim, 63, is known to be considering his retirement. Scott Walker, the State Department’s Korea chief, was also reportedly appointed as the head of the Asian mission.

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Source: Donga

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