March 23rd, 2013 at 1:51 pm » Comments (3)

U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Sung Kim and his wife Jeong Jae-eun listen to a special lecture given by Drew G. Faust, the president of Harvard University, at Ewha Womans University in Seoul on March 22, 2013. Faust has been chosen as an honorary Ewha alumna. (Yonhap)

January 29th, 2013 at 6:27 pm » Comments (4)

Here is an excerpt of what he has been doing this month from his blog: I know I usually stick to one topic in each blog post, but so much has happened in last couple of weeks that I wanted to tell you about it all! This year is quite an important one as 2013 marks the 60th anniversary since South Korea and the U.S. signed the mutual defense treaty.  To honor the occasion I hosted a special 60th Anniversary U.S.-Korea Alliance dinner at my residence.  We brought together key
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July 26th, 2012 at 1:07 pm » Comments (8)

Via the Joong Ang Ilbo.

February 16th, 2012 at 3:27 am » Comments (8)

US Ambassador to South Korea, Sung Kim says that no troop cuts are coming to USFK: The new U.S. ambassador to South Korea said this week that the only impending change to the U.S. military presence on the peninsula will be the relocation of servicemembers to a smaller number of bases — not a decrease in troop levels. During a forum Tuesday, Ambassador Sung Kim addressed longstanding concerns that the U.S. might station fewer troops in South Korea as part of the military’s overall cost-cutting efforts. Many South Koreans believe
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November 24th, 2011 at 1:00 pm » Comments (5)

Via Cafe USA.

November 23rd, 2011 at 5:34 pm » Comments (49)

Sung Kim should be another good ambassador for the US in South Korea and it appears he is getting off to a good start by complimenting Koreans on their food: The new U.S. ambassador to South Korea said Sunday he will spare no efforts to mix with ordinary Korean people as he launched an Internet blog less than a week after assuming his post. Sung Kim, a career diplomat with expertise on the North Korean nuclear issue, became the first Korean-American to take the post as Washington’s top diplomat in
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June 4th, 2011 at 6:40 am » Comments (6)

Sung Kim has a very tough act to follow replacing the popular US Ambassador Kathleen Stephens: The Barack Obama administration has tapped Sung Kim, the State Department’s top Korea expert, as its new ambassador to South Korea, sources here said Friday. If his nomination is confirmed by the Senate, Kim, 51, will become the first U.S. ambassador to Seoul with an origin in Korea. “The U.S. government requested a diplomatic agreement from the South Korean government to the nomination earlier this week,” a source said. Kim, born in South Korea,
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March 1st, 2009 at 4:33 am » Comments (0)

This news really isn’t surprising: U.S. special envoy to the six-party talks, Sung Kim, has been named U.S. chief negotiator to the nuclear talks, taking the place of Christopher Hill. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday told a news conference that Kim will head the U.S. delegation to the multinational talks and maintain constant contact with Washington’s allies and partners in close cooperation with U.S. special envoy for North Korea policy Stephen Bosworth. Kim, a Korean American, served as the State Department’s Korea desk director for two years
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