Seoul: Former South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha was formally appointed as South Korea’s ambassador to the United States on Wednesday, becoming Seoul’s first female envoy to Washington, according to the foreign ministry.

Kang, who served as South Korea’s top diplomat from 2017 to 2021 under former President Moon Jae-in, has become the Lee Jae Myung administration’s first ambassador to the US.

She has become South Korea’s first female ambassador to the US, years after also serving as the country’s first female foreign minister under the former Moon administration.

Experts said Kang is well fit for Seoul’s top envoy in charge of close policy coordination with the United States, given growing expectations that North Korea and the US may resume dialogue.

She worked as the South’

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