William A. Stanton is an American retired career diplomat. Since his retirement from the U.S. Foreign Service in 2012,he has consecutively served as a professor in Taiwan at National Tsing Hua University,National Taiwan University,National Yang Ming University which became National Yang Ming Jiao Tung University,and in 2021 as Chair Professor at National Chengchi University.
Korean studies is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of Korea,which includes the Republic of Korea,the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,and diasporic Korean populations. Areas commonly included under this rubric include Korean history,Korean culture,Korean literature,Korean art,Korean music,Korean language and linguistics,Korean sociology and anthropology,Korean politics,Korean economics,Korean folklore,Korean ethnomusicology and increasingly study of Korean popular culture. It may be compared to other area studies disciplines,such as American studies and Chinese studies. Korean studies is sometimes included within a broader regional area of focus including "East Asian studies".
Larry Leon Palmer was an American former diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean from 2012 to 2015. He was the United States Ambassador to Honduras from 2002 to 2005. He also served as the President of the Inter-American Foundation from 2005 to June 2010.
Douglas L. McElhaney is an American diplomat. He served as the Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004–2007.
James Franklin Collins is a former United States Ambassador to Russia. A career Foreign Service Officer in the State Department,he is a Russian specialist.
Cameron Munter is a retired diplomat,academic,and executive who now works as a global consultant. He was President and CEO of the EastWest Institute (EWI) in New York from 2015 to 2019,directing conflict resolution projects in Russia,China,the Middle East,South Asia,and the Balkans. He is currently a senior fellow of the CEVRO Institute in Prague and the Atlantic Council in Washington,and serves on a number of corporate and nonprofit boards.
Wu Dawei was the previous special representative for Korean Peninsula Affairs and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
Laurence Desaix Anderson was a career United States Foreign Service officer specializing in East Asian affairs,and served as American Chargéd'Affaires ad interim to Vietnam.
Thomas C. Hubbard is a diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines (1996–2000) and South Korea (2001–04). He is currently a Senior Director for Asia at McLarty Associates and Chairman of The Korea Society.
Eric Grant John is the current Senior Advisor for Security Negotiations and Agreements and the former U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand,having been appointed October 22,2007. Ambassador John joined the Foreign Service in 1983 and has served primarily in East Asia. He has three tours in Korea,most recently as the Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul. He also served as the Deputy Director of Korean Affairs in Washington,D.C. His other tours include Deputy Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam;the Orderly Departure Program at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok,Thailand;and the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam,Tanzania. In 2005,Ambassador John was named Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Southeast Asia. He currently serves as the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
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.
Jeffrey DeLaurentis is an American diplomat who served as the Chargéd'affaires ad interim of the Embassy of the United States,Havana from 2015 to 2017 and is currently serving as the acting U.S. ambassador for special political affairs.
Leslie Ann Bassett is a diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Paraguay. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate in November 2014. She presented her credentials January 15,2015,and left the post January 31,2017.
Michael Stanley Klecheski is an American diplomat who formerly served as the United States Ambassador to Mongolia from 2019 to 2022.
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.
Brian David McFeeters is an American diplomat who had served as the United States Ambassador to Malaysia from February 26,2021 to August 24,2023.
Marc Evans Knapper is an American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Vietnam since February 2022.
Lesslie Clay Viguerie is an American attorney and career diplomat who serves as the United States ambassador to Kyrgyzstan since December 2022.
Richard Lee Buangan is an American diplomat who has served as United States ambassador to Mongolia since November 2022.
Donna Ann Welton is an American diplomat who is the nominee to be the next United States Ambassador to Timor Leste.
