Ambassador Joseph Yun, the special representative for North Korea Policy, is retiring this week after more than 30 years in the Foreign Service.
Yun is yet another member of the Senior Foreign Service who is leaving while the department is still under a hiring freeze and many top roles have not been filled.
There has been growing frustration among the diplomatic ranks over the Trump administration's handling of foreign policy and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's "redesign" plan of the department. Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement Yun was retiring for "personal reasons and the Secretary has reluctantly accepted his decision and wished him well."
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"We are sorry to see him retire, but our diplomatic efforts regarding North Korea will continue based on our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the DPRK until it agrees to begin credible talks toward a denuclearized Korean peninsula," the statement added.
Source :- abcnews
Yun is yet another member of the Senior Foreign Service who is leaving while the department is still under a hiring freeze and many top roles have not been filled.
There has been growing frustration among the diplomatic ranks over the Trump administration's handling of foreign policy and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's "redesign" plan of the department. Spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement Yun was retiring for "personal reasons and the Secretary has reluctantly accepted his decision and wished him well."
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"We are sorry to see him retire, but our diplomatic efforts regarding North Korea will continue based on our maximum pressure campaign to isolate the DPRK until it agrees to begin credible talks toward a denuclearized Korean peninsula," the statement added.
Source :- abcnews
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