Sung Kim
| Sung Kim | |
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| United States Ambassador to the Philippines | |
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Assumed office 4 November 2016 |
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| President |
Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Philip Goldberg |
| United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy | |
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In office November 6, 2014 – September 2016 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Stephen Bosworth |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Y. Yun |
| United States Ambassador to South Korea | |
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In office November 25, 2011 – October 24, 2014 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Kathleen Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Mark Lippert |
| United States Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks | |
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In office July 31, 2008 – October 13, 2011 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Cameron Munter |
| Succeeded by | Clifford Hart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 56–57) Seoul, South Korea |
| Spouse(s) | Jae Eun Chung |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
University of Pennsylvania Loyola Marymount University London School of Economics |
Sung Y. Kim (born 1960) is a Korean-born U.S. diplomat and the current United States Ambassador to the Philippines as well as the former United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to South Korea and the U.S. Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks.
Sung Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1960 to a South Korean diplomat and moved to the United States in 1973 following his father's posting in Tokyo. Kim grew up in Los Angeles and is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania (BA), Loyola Law School (JD), and the London School of Economics (LL.M). He also holds an honorary degree from the Catholic University of Korea.
Before joining the United States Foreign Service at the State Department, Kim worked as public prosecutor at the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office.
He then worked as Staff Assistant in the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs in Washington, D.C.. Kim was then assigned to United States Embassy in Seoul and worked as the Chief of Political Military Affairs. He then served as a Political Officer in Tokyo, Japan. His other assignments were to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong. Back in Washington, he was appointed Director of the Office of Korean Affairs and served in the position from August 2006 to July 2008. On July 31, 2008 he was appointed Special Envoy for the Six-Party talks and accorded the rank of an ambassador after confirmation of nomination by the U.S. Senate.
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