Yoon appoints lawmaker Cho Tae-yong as South Korea’s next ambassador to US

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Yoon appoints lawmaker Cho Tae-yong as South Korea’s next ambassador to US

Cho previously helped support denuclearization talks with North Korea and was ambassador to Ireland and Australia

Jeongmin Kim May 17, 2022

Yoon appoints lawmaker Cho Tae-yong as South Korea’s next ambassador to US

Yoon Suk-yeol's delegation to the U.S. on April 4, 2022. Cho Tae-yong (L) has been tapped as ROK ambassador to U.S., and Park Jin (R) is now Yoon's foreign minister. | Image: Park Jin's Facebook

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday nominated conservative lawmaker and former diplomat Cho Tae-yong to be the next ROK ambassador to the United States, days before U.S. President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Seoul for a summit.

Cho has served in multiple U.S.-related positions at the foreign ministry and was South Korea’s vice representative at the six party talks in 2005.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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