At the summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden last Friday, Biden announced the appointment of Sung Kim as U.S. Special Envoy to the DPRK. 

Kim brings extensive capital to the Biden administration’s North Korea strategy. Not only did he previously serve as pointman for North Korea policy during Barack Obama’s second term, but he was the U.S. Ambassador to South Korea from 2011 to 2014 and a leading envoy for the six-party talks. Kim also helped achieve major diplomatic breakthroughs with North Korea in 2018, leading to a number