Relations between North Korea and the United States have been historically tense and hostile. The two countries have no formal diplomatic relations. Instead,they have adopted an indirect diplomatic arrangement using neutral intermediaries. The Swedish Embassy in Pyongyang is the US protecting power and provides limited consular services to U.S. citizens. North Korea,officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),does not have an embassy in Washington,DC,but is represented in the United States through its mission to the United Nations in New York City which serves as North Korea's de facto embassy.
William Blaine Richardson III was an American politician,author,and diplomat who served as the 30th governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011. He was also the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration,a U.S. congressman,chair of the 2004 Democratic National Convention,and chair of the Democratic Governors Association.
The Compacts of Free Association (COFA) are international agreements establishing and governing the relationships of free association between the United States and the three Pacific Island sovereign states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI),and the Republic of Palau. As a result,these countries are sometimes known as the Freely Associated States (FAS's). All three agreements next expire in 2043.
Christopher Robert Hill is an American diplomat who is United States Ambassador to Serbia. Previously,he was George W. Ball Adjunct Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York,the Chief Advisor to the Chancellor for Global Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Diplomacy at the University of Denver. Prior to this position,he was the Dean of the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University,a position he held from September 2010 to December 2017.
In the United States Government,the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs is part of the United States Department of State and is charged with advising the Secretary of State and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs on matters of the Asia-Pacific region,as well as dealing with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with countries in the region. It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs,who reports to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
Tourism in North Korea is tightly controlled by the North Korean government. All tourism is organized by one of several state-owned tourism bureaus,including Korea International Travel Company (KITC),Korean International Sports Travel Company (KISTC),Korean International Taekwondo Tourism Company (KITTC) and Korean International Youth Travel Company (KIYTC). The majority of tourists are Chinese nationals:one 2019 estimate indicated that up to 120,000 Chinese tourists had visited North Korea in the previous year,compared to fewer than 5,000 from Western countries.
Bilateral ties between Malaysia and the United States were established upon Malayan independence in 1957. The US was,and still is one of the largest trading partners for Malaysia and is traditionally considered to be Malaysia's oldest and closest ally in military,economic and education sectors. Malaya was the predecessor state to Malaysia,a larger federation formed through the merger of Malaya,North Borneo,Sarawak and Singapore in 1963. Immediately before the merger,the latter three territories were previously part of the British Empire. But the US has had consular and commercial presence in Malaya since the 1800s. US merchants,especially Joseph William Torrey together with Thomas Bradley Harris also had commercial interests in north western coast of Borneo in the 19th century as well,where they established the American Trading Company of Borneo.
The Singapore–United States relations refers to the bilateral relations between the Republic of Singapore and the United States of America. According to the U.S. Global Leadership Report,77% of Singaporeans approved of U.S. leadership under the Obama Administration in 2010,and while this approval rating decreased slightly down to 75% in 2011,it nonetheless remains one of the highest ratings of the U.S. for any surveyed country in the Asia-Pacific region.
The United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland is the top U.S. diplomat supporting the Northern Ireland peace process. The position is held by Joe Kennedy III,appointed by President Joe Biden on December 19,2022.
The term Obama Doctrine is frequently used to describe the principles of US foreign policy under the Obama administration (2009–2017). He relied chiefly on his two highly experienced Secretaries of State—Hillary Clinton (2009–2013) and John Kerry (2013–2017)—and Vice President Joe Biden.
U.S. President Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017),also known as the Pivot to Asia,represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted the country's focus away from the Middle Eastern and European sphere and allowed it to invest heavily and build relationships in East Asian and Southeast Asian countries,especially countries which are in close proximity to the People's Republic of China (PRC) either economically,geographically or politically to counter its rise as a rival superpower.
Paul Wayne Jones is an American diplomat who was the United States Chargéd'affaires to Pakistan and the former United States Ambassador to Poland. Prior to that,he served as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State and earlier he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Malaysia. He arrived in Warsaw,Poland,and began serving as ambassador on September 24,2015. He is widely regarded as one of the Foreign Service's only senior experts on both Europe and East Asia.
Sung Yong Kim is an American diplomat of Korean origin serving as the United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy since 2021,and previously from 2014 to 2016. He has also served as the acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs from January to June 2021.
Otto Frederick Warmbier was an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. In June 2017,he was released by North Korea in a vegetative state,and died soon after his parents requested his feeding tube be removed.
The 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit,commonly known as the Hanoi Summit,was a two-day summit meeting between North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump,held at the French Colonial Hôtel Métropole in Hanoi,Vietnam,during February 27–28,2019. It was the second meeting between the leaders of North Korea and the United States following their first meeting in Singapore the year prior.
Nicholas Dean is an American diplomat and former Ambassador to the Bangladesh. He served as the special envoy for Holocaust of the state department.
The 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit was a one-day summit held at the Korean Demilitarized Zone between North Korean chairman Kim Jong Un,U.S. president Donald Trump,and South Korean president Moon Jae-in,following the 2019 G20 Osaka summit. Trump briefly stepped over the border at 3:45 PM (GMT+9) on June 30,marking the first time a sitting U.S. president had set foot on North Korean soil. It was also the second time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader entered the South's territory,following the April 2018 inter-Korean summit. Senior White House advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also attended the summit,with Ivanka Trump and U.S. envoy to South Korea Harry B. Harris Jr. holding a meeting with Kim later broadcast on North Korean TV.
Julie Jiyoon Chung,birth name as Chung Ji-yoon,is a Korean-American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka since 2022. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). Her first overseas assignment was in Guangzhou,China. Chung has later served in several posts in Japan,Vietnam,Thailand,Cambodia,Colombia and Iraq.
The United States Special Presidential Envoy for Compact Negotiations is a dedicated diplomatic position created by the Biden White House in 2022 to negotiate amendments to the Compact of Free Association (COFA),the agreement governing the relationship between the United States and the Freely Associated States (FAS) of Micronesia,the Marshall Islands,and Palau. It is currently held by Ambassador Joseph Yun.
