The most recent release, "Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea Special Representative Noh and Japanese Director General Funakoshi," was submitted on Feb. 27.
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs published 25 the month before, marking a 104 percent increase for the current month.
The Bureau engages with partners and allies in the East Asian and Pacific region to maintain peaceful and mutually beneficial relations.
The Bureau has played a key role in negotiations with North Korea over that nation’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. The head of the bureau has been both praised and criticized for his work on the Korean nuclear accord and other aspects of his diplomatic work.
Press releases or notices by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in February
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea Special Representative Noh and Japanese Director General Funakoshi | 02/27/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with G7 Foreign Ministers and Ukraine Foreign Minister Kuleba | 02/27/2022 |
| Japan’s Financial Sanctions Against Russia | 02/27/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi | 02/24/2022 |
| Brunei National Day | 02/22/2022 |
| Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Vietnam | 02/22/2022 |
| Japan National Day | 02/22/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with People’s Republic of China (PRC) State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi | 02/21/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Trilateral Meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Payne and UK Foreign Secretary Truss on AUKUS | 02/19/2022 |
| G7 Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Russia and Ukraine | 02/19/2022 |
| Joint Statement on the 2nd United States-Thailand Energy Policy Dialogue | 02/18/2022 |
| Teleconference with Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink and Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu | 02/17/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori | 02/15/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Joint Press Availability with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa | 02/13/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Acting Fijian Prime Minister Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum At a Joint Press Availability | 02/12/2022 |
| Joint Statement on the U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting | 02/12/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung | 02/12/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong Before Their Meeting | 02/12/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with New Zealand Foreign Minister Mahuta | 02/12/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Meet and Greet with Mission Fiji Personnel and Families | 02/12/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Payne | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi At a Joint Press Availability | 02/11/2022 |
| Bureau of Energy Resources Senior Bureau Official Kamian’s Travel to Egypt and Thailand | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, And Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Before Their Meeting | 02/11/2022 |
| The United States-Fiji Relationship and Our Partnership for Peace, Stability, and Prosperity | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Before Their Meeting | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Jaishankar | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar Before Their Meeting | 02/11/2022 |
| Joint Statement on Quad Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks at the Quadrilateral Ministerial Meeting | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi | 02/11/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks at a Health Security Partnerships Roundtable | 02/10/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken To Mission Australia Staff | 02/10/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Opening Remarks at a Conversation at University of Melbourne With Students and U.S. Government and Exchange Alumni | 02/10/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne Before Their Meeting | 02/10/2022 |
| On the Release of the International Labor Organization’s Committee of Experts Report | 02/10/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Leigh Sales of ABC’s 730 Report | 02/10/2022 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press En Route Melbourne, Australia | 02/08/2022 |
| The United States and Australia: A Vital Partnership for the Indo-Pacific Region and the World | 02/08/2022 |
| Media Freedom Coalition Statement on Closure of Media Outlets in Hong Kong | 02/08/2022 |
| Travel of Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim to Honolulu, Hawaii | 02/06/2022 |
| Briefing on the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii | 02/04/2022 |
| New Zealand Waitangi Day | 02/04/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken to Travel to Australia, Fiji, and Hawaii | 02/04/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Chung | 02/03/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Pro-Democracy Activists from Burma | 02/03/2022 |
| Designation of an Indonesia-Based Organization for Support to Terrorism | 02/03/2022 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Call with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi | 02/01/2022 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Call with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Choi and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Mori | 02/01/2022 |
| Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Kim’s Calls with Republic of Korea Special Representative Noh and Japan Director General Funakoshi | 02/01/2022 |
| Matt Murray | 02/01/2022 |
