Trump’s top diplomat to North Korea is retiring, raising questions about Trump’s next move
Just as the rumblings of possible US-North Korea talks are becoming deafening, the US has lost one of its most valuable negotiators. On March 2nd, Joseph Yun, the US special representative for North Korea policy will retire, leaving the US to pursue diplomatic efforts without one of its most experienced career diplomats.
Yun was an integral part of US-DPRK diplomacy. He worked tirelessly to secure the release of Otto Warmbier last year, the student who had been arrested by the North Korean authorities, travelling to Pyongyang to conduct the negotiations.