Park Jae-kyung, the current South Korean ambassador to Zimbabwe, has been appointed as the new ambassador to Nepal, where nine South Koreans have gone missing due to severe flooding.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on August 28 that Park will travel to Nepal over the weekend to assume his new role, considering the current situation in the country.
The South Korean embassy in Nepal has been operating under a chargé d'affaires since the previous ambassador, Park Tae-young, was recently reassigned as the consul general in Istanbul. The small embassy, which includes six officials, has raised concerns about its capacity to respond to the recent incidents involving missing and isolated South Koreans due to the flooding.
Park Jae-kyung joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994 and has held various positions, including minister-counselor at the South Korean embassy in Indonesia, director of the ASEAN Bureau, and minister at the South Korean embassy in Canada. He has served as the ambassador to Zimbabwe since June 2023.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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