READOUT: Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Rosenberg’s Visit to the Republic of Korea

September 22, 2022

On September 22, 2022, the U. S. Department of the Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Elizabeth Rosenberg met with her counterparts from the Republic of Korea's (ROK) Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, Financial Services Commission, and Korean Financial Intelligence Unit in Seoul. In these meetings, Assistant Secretary Rosenberg discussed economic and national security issues of mutual importance, including aggression by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), economic stability in the Indo-Pacific, Russia's war against of Ukraine, and virtual assets. These discussions reflected the strength of the U.S.-ROK alliance, and both sides agreed to deepen cooperation on the challenges the two countries face both in the region and beyond.

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