WASHINGTON • The US Ambassador to the Philippines, Mr Sung Kim, is no stranger to negotiating with North Korea or to its notorious propensity to stand up Americans, stage dramatic events and renege on nuclear deals.
He was born in the South Korean capital Seoul, a city he has always considered his second home and to which he returned as US ambassador from 2011 to 2014, at the end of which he was given honorary citizenship by then Mayor Park Won Soon.
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