By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg, who was appointed to the post in 2022, will retire early next year. According to multiple diplomatic sources on Nov. 27, Goldberg will leave Seoul next January after nearly 35 years as a diplomat. Goldberg arrived in South Korea in July 2022, after the inauguration of Yoon Suk-yeol's government. His arrival came a year and a half after the departure of former Ambassador Harry Harris in January 2021. Over the past two and a half years, Goldberg is credited with strengthening the U.S.-ROK alliance and enhancing Sout
By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung met with U.S. Ambassador to Korea Philip S. Goldberg at The Plaza Hotel in Seoul on April 19 to request his special attention and cooperation in expanding Korean agri-food exports to the United States, and to discuss ways to promote trade and expand future cooperation in the agri-food sector between the two countries. Ambassador Goldberg noted that food and cultural exchanges between the two countries are now more active than ever, with the popularity of K-food in the U.S. and the establishment of "K