Trump Plans To Select Victor Cha As Ambassador To South Korea

Victor Cha.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The biển hộp đèn Trump administration plans to name a Washington-based academic and former White House official, Victor Cha, as the next biển hộp đèn US ambassador to South Korea, an administration official said on Tuesday.

Cha is a former biển công ty director for Asian affairs on the White House National Security Council and served as deputy head of the US delegation in multilateral talks with North Korea over its nuclear program during the administration of President George W. Bush.

An administration official said he expected the appointment, which will be subject to a Senate confirmation hearing, to be announced "soon," and added that it had "been in the works for a long time."

The move came as President Donald Trump faced perhaps his biggest foreign policy challenge over North Korea's pursuit of a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the United States.

Cha, a Korean American, will replace Mark Lippert, a political appointee who served in Seoul Biển điện tử during the Obama administration.