New US Ambassador Michelle Steel to Arrive in South Korea This Week

New U.S. Ambassador Steel to arrive in S. Korea this week amid pileup of bilateral issues

New US Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel is set to arrive in Seoul this week to assume her post, sources said Monday, which has remained vacant for about 1 1/2 years since the launch of US President Donald Trump's second administration. Steel is scheduled to arrive in South Korea on Thursday, and the submission of her credentials is expected to take place as early as next week after Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and the foreign ministry's chief of protocol return from accompanying President L

By The Korea Herald