WP: Trump Administration Drops Victor Cha as Pick for Seoul Envoy
KBS World Radio
2018-01-31 08:32:58
The White House will reportedly pass on its original candidate for U.S. ambassador to South Korea Victor Cha after he disagreed with President Donald Trump's policy on North Korea.
The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that Cha objected to the Trump administration's considerations of a limited military strike on North Korea designed to send a message to the regime without triggering a war.
The report said that Cha, who served as director for Asian affairs for the National Security Council during the George W. Bush administration, also disapproved of Trump's threats to terminate a bilateral free trade agreement with South Korea.
The U.S. daily quoted senior U.S. officials as saying that the White House has moved on to other potential candidates.
Seoul reportedly approved Washington’s nomination of Cha in December, hoping to have him in place before the start of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. It is very rare that an ambassador designate is not appointed after securing his diplomatic approval from a relevant country.
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