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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]
North Korea: 0 2 1987 North Korean embassy attack in Lima: June [57] United States Italy: Rome (See: Japanese Red Army) United Kingdom Kuwait Iran: Tehran: In response to the 1987 Mecca Massacre Saudi Arabia: September 11 South Korea Peru: Lima: 0 0 The embassy was attacked alongside two police stations and two electrical centres. [47] October ...
Prior to his tour as an ambassador, Lippert had served as Chief of Staff for Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Chief of Staff for the National Security Council, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs in the Department of Defense. On March 5, 2015, he was attacked by a man wielding a knife in South Korea. [4]
In 2015, then-U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert was slashed in the face and arm by an anti-American activist. The assault required 80 stitches to close the cut on Lippert’s face.
In 2015, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark W. Lippert survived a stabbing attack while attending a breakfast conference in Seoul. [9] In 2022, then-Democratic Party of Korea leader Song Young-gil was attacked with a hammer. [10] In 2022, Lee narrowly lost to Yoon Suk Yeol [11] [10] in the closest presidential election in South Korean history ...
Laney was appointed Ambassador to South Korea by United States President Bill Clinton [8] on October 15, 1993, [4] and presented credentials November 2, 1993. [9] He was involved in defusing the 1994 nuclear crisis during his tenure. [10] He served until the end of Clinton's first term, on January 20, 1997. [9]
All 175 passengers and four of the six crew were killed when the Boeing 737-800 crash-landed and skidded off the end of the runway at South Korea’s Muan International Airport yesterday.
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.