I agree with you, Dr. Ohn.

For a change we have a foreign minister who has enough brains

and ability to articulate the challenge we Koreans must deal with

to achieve a lasting peace in Korean Peninsula.

Abe does not like North and South getting closer and he wants to meet with Kim.

   Xi does not like North and U.S. talking to make normal diplomatic relationship.

   He also wants to sit down with Kim.

   After meeting with each head of 4 countries, he may say to South, “I do not need

   you.”

She certainly sounded representing Korea as foreign minister
of Korea rather well and seeemd to know what she has been doing.

My son-in-law,Frank,who had chance to work with her at UN
under Mr.Ban Ki Moon mentioned that she would be a good choice
as foreign minister for Korea,when she was appointed the position.

It is extremely vulnerable and uneasy situations for upcoming
meetings between South -North Korea as well as USA-North Korea.

However

There should never have another war in Korean Peninsula and
they should try every efforts to prevent it.     KJ

강경화 장관의 아버지는 우리들 학생때 KBS 아나운서 였던 강찬선 씨이다.

   어머니도  1948년 정부수립 직후, 초대 총리 이범석 장군의  족청에서 여성/청년운동을 하던 분이다.

   (나중에 김대중대통령 부인이 된 이희호 여사와 함께)

   아버지가 Voice of America 파견근무시  어린나이에 미국에서 교육받아ㅡ현재 영어실력의

   기초를 쌓았고,---

   8-15 해방직후, 평양 방송 아나운서  였던 그분은 공산주의의  압력의 어두운 압력이 드리우기 시작하자

   피난--남하해서 KBS 에 join,  활약한 제 1 세대 아나운서의 한분으로,   초기 야구중계 도 전공이었다.

   아버지 어머니의 피가 흐른다면 아마도 반공주의자일것이고,leadership 도 있을듯 하며

   좀 더 두고 보아야겠지만, 이 새옹지마 같은 정치외교의 세계에서, 정의용 안보수석 보좌관과 함께 

   " So far, they seem to be doing  good job", bettter than  most of previous  teams of Korean government.

Thank you for your information. It was good to know more about 강 경화.

     정의용 한국 안보실장(security adviser)는 우리 동문 정인용 군의 친동생 입니다.

     저와 같은 해(1971)에 졸업 했고 입학은 64년에 한 것으로 알고 있습니다.

     정인용 군은 경기고등 학교 출신이고 동생 의용 안보실장은 서울 고등 학교 출신

     입니다. 인용 군은 4-5년 전에 미주 서울의대 동창 회장으로 봉사 했습니다.

     They are the best and the brightest in Korea. I hope they do better job than the

     counter part of U.S.A. during Kennedy era.

Please refer to my comments  on  정의용 which I posted  at this site , last year  May 20-21 on 방준재's

article.  Whenever I met, my high school classmate 정인용 in US meeetings, I used to ask him about his

younger brother and whereabouts of him through  his career path.

Although he was from differnt high school  early 1960's, I had occasional  extraschool activities

with him and noted & remember very calm, not fast speaking demeanour even  from his younger years.

Not seen him at all over  50 years.

One year junior to me and Dr 정인용, in 1963   as the high school senior in 서울고,

Amb. 정 represented Korean high school students(through tough competition)   in the prestigeous  New York Herald Tribune International High School Students Discussion Forum.(Probably more prestigous  than the VISTA Red Cross Program 반기문 participated as  the high         school senior one year ahead.).

It appears that ,through various reports, he developed personal friendship with H.R McMaster in the White House,

which allows  heart to heart talk in high level and a very important asset for a diplomat. 

Recent warning  that President Trump may fire  McMaster  worries me somewhat in that context.