Andrew Kim
Andrew Kim | |
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The cropped picture from the meeting with North Korean representative(s) regarding the 2018 Trump-Kim summit. | |
Korean name | |
Hangul | 김성현 |
Revised Romanization | Andrew Kim |
McCune–Reischauer | Andrew Kim |
Kim Sung-hyun (Korean: 김성현), known as Andrew Kim, was a Korean-American intelligence officer and head of the Central Intelligence Agency's Korea Mission Centre.[1]
Education
Born in South Korea, in the city of Pyeongchang. Kim was educated at Seoul High School alongside Suh Hoon. He is a cousin of Chung Eui-yong, the director of South Korea's National Security Office.[2]
CIA career
He served in Moscow, Beijing and Bangkok and later as station chief in Seoul for the Central Intelligence Agency. He retired but returned to lead the Korea Mission Centre. Kim is viewed as a hawk on North Korea.[3][2]
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