WASHINGTON -- The top U.S. diplomat on North Korea policy said Tuesday he will retire this week, further depleting an already short-handed State Department even as Washington and Pyongyang inch closer to dialogue.
Joseph Yun, U.S. special representative for North Korean policy, will resign his post, leaving a critical vacuum in the State Department.
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