The most recent release, "Republic of the Marshall Islands Constitution Day," was submitted on April 30.
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs published 38 the month before, marking a 39.5 percent increase for the current month.
The Bureau engages with partners and allies in the East Asian and Pacific region to maintain peaceful and mutually beneficial relations.
The Bureau has played a key role in negotiations with North Korea over that nation’s efforts to develop nuclear weapons. The head of the bureau has been both praised and criticized for his work on the Korean nuclear accord and other aspects of his diplomatic work.
Press releases or notices by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs in April
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| Republic of the Marshall Islands Constitution Day | 04/30/2023 |
| U.S. Support for the Philippines in the South China Sea | 04/29/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a State Luncheon in Honor of Republic of Korea President Yoon Suk-Yeol | 04/27/2023 |
| Joint Statement of the United States of America and Republic of Korea on Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technologies | 04/26/2023 |
| U.S. Department of State Announces Reward Offers for Information Leading to the Arrests and/or Convictions of Three Transnational Criminals Violating DPRK Sanctions | 04/25/2023 |
| Ambassador Fick’s Travel to San Francisco and Japan | 04/24/2023 |
| ANZAC Day | 04/24/2023 |
| Joint Press Statement on the 3rd United States-Thailand Energy Policy Dialogue | 04/21/2023 |
| Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Cho | 04/20/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Before Their Meeting | 04/18/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken Remarks to the Press | 04/18/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability | 04/18/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly Before Their Meeting | 04/18/2023 |
| G7 Japan 2023 Foreign Ministers’ Communiqué | 04/18/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida | 04/18/2023 |
| Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nuland’s Travel to Japan and Mongolia | 04/18/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken and French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna Before Their Meeting | 04/17/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi | 04/17/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi Before Their Meeting | 04/17/2023 |
| Reverend Samson’s Prison Sentence | 04/17/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Nguyen My Linh of VTC1 and VietnamNet | 04/16/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken At a Press Availability | 04/15/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh | 04/15/2023 |
| Department of State Begins Construction on New U.S. Embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam | 04/15/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong Before Their Meeting | 04/15/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong | 04/15/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son | 04/15/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh Before Their Meeting | 04/14/2023 |
| Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Kerry’s Travel to Japan | 04/13/2023 |
| Counselor Chollet’s Travel to Singapore and the Republic of Korea | 04/13/2023 |
| The United States – Vietnam Relationship: Celebrating 10 Years of Comprehensive Partnership and 28 Years of Diplomatic Relations | 04/13/2023 |
| Mark Swidan’s Suspended Death Sentence | 04/13/2023 |
| Navigating the Increasing Control of Critical Technologies | 04/12/2023 |
| Khmer New Year 2023 | 04/12/2023 |
| Thailand New Year – Songkran | 04/12/2023 |
| Lao New Year 2023 | 04/12/2023 |
| U.S. – Taiwan Working Group Meeting on International Organizations | 04/11/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo, and Philippine Senior Undersecretary and Officer in Charge of the Department of National Defense Carlito Galvez at a Joint Press Availability | 04/11/2023 |
| Burma Regime Airstrikes | 04/11/2023 |
| Joint Statement of the U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue | 04/11/2023 |
| On the Sentencing of Human Rights Defenders Xu and Ding | 04/11/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Trip to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Vietnam, and Japan | 04/10/2023 |
| Burma New Year 2023 – Thingyan Festival | 04/10/2023 |
| Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J. Kritenbrink On the Secretary’s Upcoming Travel to Vietnam and Japan | 04/10/2023 |
| Release of Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership Action Plan | 04/06/2023 |
| Joint Statement by the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan Special Representatives for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) | 04/06/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken And New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta Before Their Meeting | 04/05/2023 |
| Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with New Zealand Foreign Minister Mahuta | 04/05/2023 |
| Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability | 04/05/2023 |
| U.S.-Philippines 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue Announcement | 04/05/2023 |
| U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction in East Asia and the Pacific: Clearing Legacy Contamination, Promoting Environmental Resilience | 04/04/2023 |
| U.S. Special Representative for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Sung Kim to Meet Republic of Korea and Japanese Counterparts | 04/04/2023 |
| ISN Assistant Secretary Eliot Kang’s Keynote Address to CSIS-FKI Webinar | 04/03/2023 |