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| Foreign Minister nominee Park Jin, left, talks with U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim during their meeting at Park's temporary office in Seoul, April 20. Yonhap |
U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Sung Kim met with key members of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's foreign policy team Thursday to coordinate on North Korea policy, officials said.
Kim, who is on a five-day visit to the country, had a breakfast meeting with Kim Sung-han, chief of the Yoon transition team's foreign policy subcommittee, followed by a separate meeting with unification minister nominee Kwon Young-se.
During the meetings, the two sides are likely to have discussed the allies' response to North Korean threats amid concern the communist regime could stage major provocations, such as a nuclear weapons or intercontinental ballistic missile test, ahead of Yoon's inauguration next month.
Won Il-hee, a transition team spokesperson, confirmed the meetings took place but declined to provide details, citing their confidential nature.
Kim Sung-han is considered Yoon's likely pick for national security adviser. He is also Yoon's childhood friend and foreign policy mentor as well as a former vice foreign minister.
Meanwhile, the U.S. envoy has held wide-ranging meetings in Seoul, including with foreign minister nominee Park Jin, Wednesday, and a private dinner with Yoon and others, Tuesday. (Yonhap)
