U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.... the United States is throwing its support behind Kim Jong-yang ,... a South Korean national,... to lead the international policy agency, Interpol.
Kim, who is currently the acting president of Interpol,... was named to the interim role in October,... when the then-President Meng Hongwei resigned after being investigated for bribery and other violations by China.
The support comes.... as U.S. lawmakers have been lobbying the Trump administration to oppose Russian candidate Alexander Prokopchuk,... amid accusations that Russia has been abusing Interpol.
The president will be chosen on Wednesday at an annual conference in Dubai.