Top U.S. diplomat for East Asia to pay tribute to Korean War memorial for USFK soldiers
Published: 10 Mar. 2026, 13:56
![In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press, Michael George DeSombre, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, attends a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 10. [AP/YONHAP]](https://koreaseafood.online/data/photo/2026/03/10/20f0b0db-e1c3-43d1-b9c7-907c8894ec56.jpg)
In this photo released by Agence Kampuchea Press, Michael George DeSombre, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, attends a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Jan. 10. [AP/YONHAP]
The top U.S. diplomat for East Asia policy will pay his tribute this week at a memorial for U.S. soldiers who died while serving in South Korea following the armistice of the 1950-53 Korean War.
Michael DeSombre, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, plans to visit the War Memorial of Korea in central Seoul on Friday, as he will visit South Korea for a five-day trip starting Wednesday, according to the Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation on Tuesday.
The memorial was set up at the War Memorial of Korea museum late last month to honor the 103 U.S. Forces Korea soldiers who died while fighting for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula following the Korean War.
DeSombre pledged to pay a floral tribute to the memorial in December last year, when the nonprofit foundation visited the U.S. Department of State.
During the visit to Seoul, DeSombre will meet with Seoul officials to discuss the alliance and other issues, including North Korea.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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