U.S. to send N.Korea envoy to Asia as S.Korean President visits Beijing

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U.S. to send N.Korea envoy to Asia as S.Korean President visits Beijing

Joe Yun's trip comes as South Korean president Moon Jae-in will visit Beijing for separate talks

Chad O'Carroll December 9, 2017

U.S. to send N.Korea envoy to Asia as S.Korean President visits Beijing

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The U.S. State Department will send special representative for North Korea policy Joseph Yun to Japan and Thailand from Monday to Friday, simultaneous to a four-day visit by South Korean President Moon Jae-in to Beijing, it was announced last week.

The timing and destinations of the two visits are notable, coming less than three weeks after North Korea tested its new Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and declared "completing the state nuclear force".

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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