Russel, a 28-year State Department foreign service veteran Kevin Shattenkirk Youth Jersey , has served as special assistant to the president and senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) since 2011.
He was NSC's director for Japan, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 2009 to 2011. His other assignments included director of the office of Japanese affairs at the Department of State, U.S. consul-general in Osaka-Kobe, Japan; deputy chief of mission separately at the U.S. embassies in The Hague and in Nicosia, Cyprus.
Russel accompanied Secretary of State John Kerry in his first trip to China last month.
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SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- South Korea posted a trade surplus for 32 straight months as daily average exports marked the second- biggest amount in the country's history, a government report showed Wednesday.
Trade surplus was 3.4 billion U.S. dollars in September, almost the same as the prior month's surplus Marc Staal Youth Jersey , according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The trade balance stayed in black for 32 months in a row.
Exports, which account for around half of the economy, increased 6.8 percent from a year earlier to 47.7 billion dollars in September after falling 0.2 percent in August.
Daily average exports reached 2.27 billion dollars in September, the largest except for 2.28 billion dollars tallied in June this year.
The ministry said that destabilizing factors remained such as the continued depreciation of the Japanese yen Kevin Hayes Youth Jersey , but it expected the country to post a record high of exports this year if the current trend continues.
Finance Minister Choi Kyung-hwan and Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor Lee Ju-yeol expressed cautions against the weak yen trend, saying the additional fall in the value of the Japanese yen would dent competitiveness of South Korean exports.
The yendollar exchange rate rose above the 110 level in Tokyo trading for the first time in more than six years. The rate jumped more than 5 yen in September alone, boosting worries about the stronger trend of weak yen.
The robust exports came as demand for locally-made steel products and computers became stronger. Exports to the United States and China, South Korea's top two trading partners, increased last month.
Shipments of steel products and computers surged more than 30 percent J.T. Miller Youth Jersey , and ship exports jumped 23.6 percent. Those for general machinery, LCD panels showed a double-digit growth, and exports of chips, petrochemicals and cars increased 8.1 percent, 7.5 percent and 6.9 percent respectively.
Exports of telecommunication devices Mika Zibanejad Youth Jersey , including smartphones, declined 3.9 percent in September from a year ago. The decline came as the release of Apple's iPhone6 reduced demand for smartphones manufactured by local firms such as Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics.
Exports to China, South Korea's No.1 trading partner, expanded 6.5 percent in September, marking the first gain in five months on the back of solid demand for petrochemical products and semiconductors.
Shipments to the United States surged 19.9 percent in September after growing 7 percent in August Mats Zuccarello Youth Jersey , but those to the European Union (EU) countries declined 5.1 percent in September after rising 9.6 percent in the prior month. Those to Japan slid 6.2 percent, falling for two straight months.
Imports increased 8 percent from a year earlier to 44.3 billion dollars in September, rising faster than exports and indicating a recovery in domestic demand.
Raw material imports jumped 6.6 percent on demand for steel and oil products. Natural gas import increased on higher prices of the Liquefied natural gas (LNG), but oil imports reduced on lower global oil prices compared with the prior year.
Capital goods imports surged 12.2 percent on demand for parts of telecommunication devices and ships as well as semiconductor equipments. Consumer goods imports soared 20.6 percent on rising demand for foreign luxury vehicles.
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