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]
Andrew Kim | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The cropped picture from the meeting with North Korea representative regarding Trump-Kim summit 2018 | |
| Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 김성현 |
| Revised Romanization | Andrew Kim |
| McCune–Reischauer | Andrew Kim |
Education
Born in South Korea, in the city of Pyeongchang. Kim was educated at Seoul High School alongside Suh Hoon. He is 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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References
- "Sung Andrew Kim". Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University.
- hermesauto (18 May 2018). "Mystery man in the middle of Trump-Kim summit planning has become a fascination".
- "Veteran CIA man helped arrange Trump-Kim summit plans：The Asahi Shimbun".
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