U.S. diplomat to visit S. Korea to advance partnerships to support U.S. shipbuilding workforce development

▲ This photo from the website of the State Department shows Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

US diplomat-Korea visit

U.S. diplomat to visit S. Korea to advance partnerships to support U.S. shipbuilding workforce development

By Song Sang-ho

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Yonhap) -- A senior U.S. diplomat will visit South Korea to advance partnerships to support U.S. shipbuilding workforce development and engage in other events as part of a two-nation trip that includes a stop in Japan, the State Department said Friday.

From Friday through Thursday, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers will visit Tokyo and Seoul to meet government officials and private-sector leaders to discuss key bilateral and trilateral issues, and reaffirm Washington's commitment to defending freedom of expression and digital freedom, it said.

The department did not specify the exact dates for her visits to South Korea and Japan.

In Seoul, Rogers will lead the second South Korea-U.S. public diplomacy dialogue, convene alumni of a U.S. exchange program and seek to advance partnerships to support American shipbuilding workforce development, according to it.

"The under secretary's visit will promote coordination around digital freedom, deepen people-to-people ties, and better align public diplomacy with shared economic and regional security objectives," the department said in a press release.

In Tokyo, she will meet her Japanese counterparts, celebrate America's 250th birthday at the Japanese Grand Prix with one of the leading Japanese investors in the United States, and hold a meeting on regional interconnectivity with alumni of a program involving young leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan.

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