By Lee Jin-myung, Maeil Business News Korea United States President Barack Obama has nominated Sung Kim, special representative for North Korea policy and former envoy to South Korea, as the ambassador to the Philippines, the White House announced Wednesday. Kim’s nomination is subject to Senate confirmation. Sung Kim. Photo courtesy of Pulse/Maeil Business News Korea If confirmed, Kim would become the first Korean American to hold the ambassador position to U.S. major allies two times. It may take a while before nomination because the Republican-dominated Senate delays action as President Obama nears the end of his final term in office. Kim, who was born in Seoul, Korea, immigrated to the United States in the mid-1970s. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and earned a J.D. degree from Loyola Law School and an LL.M. degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. He began his career as a [...]
