Kurt Campbell
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to appoint foreign policy expert Kurt Campbell to the newly-created position of Asia tsar, according to the Financial Times on Wednesday.
The former top State Department official for Asia during the Obama administration recently told a webinar, One of the key challenges of the Biden administration is the need to make an early decision about what to do with respect to North Korea.
Meanwhile, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris, a political appointment by outgoing President Donald Trump rather than a career diplomat, has announced that he is leaving his post next week.
U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris will be leaving his post later this month, marking the end of his controversial tenure in Seoul. On Wednesday, Harris announced his departure on Twitter, confirming a previous April 2020 report from Reuters. A U.S. Embassy spokesperson confirmed to NK News that his final day in the role […]