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North Korea would want nuclear arms acknowledgment, sanctions removal if it accedes to dialogue with U.S.: Ex-U.S. envoy

A former U.S. nuclear envoy said on Friday that North Korea would aim to have its nuclear weapons “acknowledged and accepted” like Pakistan's and its sanctions lifted should it accede to U.S. overtures for dialogue.

2026.1.17

Anjani Sinha, nominee for U.S. ambassador to Singapore, speaks during a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington on July 9. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

Ambassador anxiety continues to mount as Korea awaits Trump's diplomat pick

Amid a growing pattern of politically connected ambassadorial picks under U.S. President Donald Trump’s second term, Korea is still waiting for a nominee to fill the vacant post of U.S. ambassador — an absence that has drawn concern.

2025.7.24

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Envoy vacuums in Seoul and Washington hint at diplomatically bumpy road ahead

For the first time in recent memory, both Washington and Seoul are without ambassadors in each other’s capitals — a simultaneous diplomatic vacuum that analysts call unprecedented and potentially risky.

2025.7.22

Lawmakers from the conservative People Power Party and liberal Democratic Party, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, sixth from left in the front row, and acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun, eighth from left in the front row, pose for a photograph at an inauguration ceremony for a bipartisan organization dedicated to bolstering the Korea-U.S. alliance at the parliament in Yeouido in western Seoul on March 10. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

'Washington will not bypass Seoul,' says acting U.S. ambassador

Acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun said Washington would not bypass Seoul when engaging in dialogue with Pyongyang to lawmakers at the parliament in western Seoul.

2025.3.10

Interim acting U.S. Ambassador Joseph Yun, fourth from left in the front row, and lawmakers pose for a photograph at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Feb. 26. [NATIONAL ASSEMBLY]

Acting U.S. ambassador meets lawmakers at National Assembly for security forum

Joseph Yun, interim acting U.S. ambassador to Korea, met with lawmakers during a closed-door parliamentary security seminar at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Wednesday.

2025.2.26

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik, right, poses for a photo with Joseph Yun, the acting U.S. ambassador to Korea, during their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on Feb. 18. [NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S OFFICE]

National Assembly speaker meets acting U.S. envoy to discuss China, bilateral ties, Trump

National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik met with Joseph Yun, the acting U.S. Ambassador to Korea, on Tuesday to discuss the outcomes of his recent visit to China and ways to strengthen Seoul-Washington cooperation.

2025.2.18

Conservative People Power Party interim leader Kwon Young-se, right, talks to acting U.S. Ambassador to Korea Joseph Yun at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Jan. 21. [NEWS1]

PPP interim leader concerned over Trump calling North 'nuclear power,' meets top U.S. envoy

People Power Party (PPP) interim leader Kwon Young-se on Tuesday expressed his concern over U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks referring to North Korea as “nuclear power.”

2025.1.21

Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, right, greets Joseph Yun, the newly appointed acting U.S. ambassador to Korea, during a courtesy visit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in central Seoul on Jan. 14. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]

Interim acting U.S. ambassador meets foreign minister, first vice minister

Joseph Yun, the newly appointed interim acting U.S. ambassador to Korea, met with Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and First Vice Minister Kim Hong-kyun in Seoul on Tuesday and discussed key bilateral issues.

2025.1.14

Former U.S. State Department Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun, who appointed as the charge d’affaires to South Korea, speaks during a forum at Korea University in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, on Nov. 15, 2024. [YONHAP]

North Korea policy expert Joseph Yun named temporary top U.S. envoy to South

With U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg stepping down Tuesday, former U.S. State Department Special Representative for North Korea Policy Joseph Yun will soon be appointed a temporary replacement.

2025.1.7