December 8th According to Yonhap News Agency, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State and Special Representative for North Korea Bigan will visit South Korea on the 8th.
According to the report, Bigan had previously focused on Peninsula affairs. This visit was the last visit to South Korea on the eve of the Biden administration. What kind of signals he released during his farewell trip attracted attention.
Bigan will hold talks with Choi Jong-kyung-kyung, the first official (vice minister) of the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the morning of the 9th, and meet with Lee Do-hoon, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Peace and North Korea and deputy to North Korea in the afternoon. In addition, he will meet with Li Renrong, the Minister of Unification, and senior officials of the National Intelligence Agency and the National Security Office of Qingwatai. It is also possible to visit South Korean President Moon Jae-in.