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Harry Binkley Harris Jr. [1] (born August 4, 1956) [2] is a Japanese-American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first American of Japanese descent to lead US Pacific Command and was the highest-ranking American of Japanese descent in U.S. Navy history during his time as commander.
The United States ambassador to South Korea (Korean: 주한미국대사; Hanja: 駐韓美國大使) is the chief diplomatic representative of the United States accredited to the Republic of Korea. The ambassador's official title is "Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea." [1]
Philip Seth Goldberg (born August 1, 1956) is an American diplomat and government official who has served as United States ambassador to South Korea since 2022. He served previously as ambassador to the Philippines, Bolivia and Colombia and chief of the U.S. mission in UN-administered Kosovo during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations.
There are currently 47,406 Korean Americans residing in South Korea, up from 35,501 in 2010, according to data from the Ministry of Justice. They are driving the record high number of diaspora ...
22nd United States Ambassador to South Korea; In office November 21, 2014 – January 20, 2017: President: Barack Obama: Preceded by: Sung Kim: Succeeded by: Harry B. Harris Jr. Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense
2015: Harry Harris Jr. becomes the first Asian-American to command the U.S. Pacific Command . [71] [72] 2020: JoAnne S. Bass becomes the first Asian-American to hold the senior enlisted position in the U.S. Air Force, [73] as the 19th Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S. Air Force. [74] [75]
SEOUL (Reuters) -When U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris makes an expected visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas on Thursday, she will be the latest in a long list of ...
South Korea has so far sent twenty-four ambassadors to the United States, excluding 2 Chargé d'affaires a.i. (Koo Chong-whay and Oh Jay-hee). [2] As Chung Il-kwon served twice as the third and fifth ambassador, a total of twenty-three different people have served in the position.