UNITED STATES President Barack Obama announced the nomination yesterday of Glyn Townsend Davies, the former US special representative for North Korea Policy, as the new ambassador to Thailand.
Davies, a career diplomat at the US State Department, is currently a senior adviser at the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, a position he has held since 2014, according to a White House statement.
After a six-month vacancy at the American mission, the nomination of Davies ended speculation that Washington intended to leave the position vacant to show disapproval of the military coup last May.