Korea receives first U.S. State Department official visitor under Trump 2.0
Published: 25 Feb. 2025, 17:21
![LinkedIn image of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kevin Kim [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/02/25/75764cbd-a247-4883-beac-dc7c7f105bd8.jpg)
LinkedIn image of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kevin Kim [YONHAP]
Kevin Kim, deputy assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs, arrived in Seoul early this week and has met with officials from South Korea's foreign ministry to discuss the countries' bilateral alliance and North Korean issues, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
Kim's visit appears to be a working-level trip aimed at managing the U.S.-South Korea relations and sharpening Trump's North Korea policy, according to the sources.
Kim, who is of Korean descent, previously served as an aide to U.S. Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee and worked at the State Department's office for the special representative for North Korea from 2018 to 2020 during Trump's first term.
At that time, Kim worked with then U.S. Special Representative Stephen Biegun, playing a role in U.S. diplomacy toward North Korea.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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