The U.S. does not need to nominate a full-time North Korea pointperson in the absence of “active diplomacy” with Pyongyang, the State Department said Tuesday, a day after the White House nominated a new special envoy on DPRK human rights.

Department spokesperson Ned Price said Sung Kim, the U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia who handles the DPRK portfolio on an irregular basis, is doing a “tremendous job” under the current circumstances.

“If we are to arrive at a position where it does make sense to have an individual singularly focused as special envoy for the DPRK, we can cross that bridge,”