US names new ambassador to Indonesia as diplomat who helped set up historic first Trump-Kim summit in Singapore

President Donald Trump has named the diplomat who helped organise his summit last year in Singapore with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un as the new US ambassador to Indonesia, replacing former leader Barack Obama’s pick. Sung Yong Kim, a career diplomat, is currently the US ambassador to the Philippines and his move to Jakarta will need to be confirmed by the US Senate. He will replace Joseph Donovan Jnr, who was sworn in as the US ambassador to Indonesia in November 2016, four days before Trump was…