Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Kurt Campbell Heads the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the United States Department of State

He is responsible for diplomatic relations with Australia, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China(including Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macau Special Administrative Region), East Timor, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau,Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.