{"id":16712,"date":"2018-04-25T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/25\/why-the-head-of-pacific-command-will-be-the-next-us-ambassador-to-south-korea-instead-of-australia\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:11:06","slug":"why-the-head-of-pacific-command-will-be-the-next-us-ambassador-to-south-korea-instead-of-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/disaster\/2018\/04\/25\/why-the-head-of-pacific-command-will-be-the-next-us-ambassador-to-south-korea-instead-of-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the head of Pacific Command will be the next US ambassador to South Korea instead of Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CANBERRA, Australia \u2014 Australia\u2019s prime minister said Wednesday that the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris, will not become Washington\u2019s next ambassador to Australia and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2018\/04\/24\/in-big-shift-trump-assesses-kim-jong-un-as-very-honorable\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">will be posted to South Korea<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he was disappointed but not perturbed by the decision, which he learned about earlier this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump had nominated Harris in February to become <a href=\"https:\/\/rebootcamp.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/02\/09\/trump-to-nominate-adm-harry-harris-for-australian-ambassadorship\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Australia\u2019s next ambassador<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m disappointed that Harry\u2019s not coming because he\u2019s a really good friend and I think Harry will be disappointed that he\u2019s not coming to Canberra too because he loves Australia,\u201d Turnbull told reporters in France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHe is a guy of enormous experience and ability and given the situation on the Korean Peninsula, given the tensions there, I can well understand why the president has decided that the admiral\u2019s expertise and experience is going to be able to be put to better use in Korea than in Australia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea has been without an American ambassador for more than one year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Seoul, South Korea\u2019s Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington have been cooperating to fill the post, but stopped short of confirming Harris\u2019 reported nomination.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/02\/14\/admiral-says-north-korea-aiming-to-reunify-korean-peninsula\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-862333232.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Admiral says North Korea aiming to reunify Korean Peninsula<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s long-term goal is to reunify the divided Korean Peninsula under his totalitarian regime.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she was informed Tuesday of the decision by Acting U.S. Secretary of State John Sullivan, who had made clear that the appointment of a new ambassador to Australia would be a priority for the next secretary of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States has not had an ambassador in Australia since John Berry, president of the American Australian Association, left the post in September 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Shearer, a former Australian government security adviser and now an adviser on Asia-Pacific security at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said the change of ambassador plans made Australia appear to be a second-class ally of the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAustralia really &#8230; is &#8230; a collateral casualty here to the shambolic practices of the Trump administration,\u201d Shearer told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything sinister to it. 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