Victor Cha Expected to Be Nominated as Next US Ambassador to South Korea

This is actually a name that has been floating out there for quite some time:

The Trump administration plans to name a Washington-based academic and former White House official, Victor Cha, as the next US ambassador to South Korea, an administration official said on Tuesday.

Cha is a former director for Asian affairs on the White House National Security Council and served as deputy head of the US delegation in multilateral talks with North Korea over its nuclear program during the administration of President George W. Bush.

An administration official said he expected the appointment, which will be subject to a Senate confirmation hearing, to be announced “soon,” and added that it had “been in the works for a long time.”  [Business Insider]

You can read more at the link, but his appointment is not going to make the academic crowd advocating for engagement with North Korea happy.