Also, he has led on export control diplomacy and policies to prevent and roll back the spread of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems as well as to protect critical and emerging technologies from diversion and misuse.

[3] Kang is the son of Ho Ryun Kang (강호륜),[4] a former South Korean government official and retired Air Force brigadier general residing in the United States, who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Legion of Merit, and other medals by the U.S. Government for his actions during the Korean War.

[9] In the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Threat Reduction, Export Controls, and Negotiations.

[12] He participated in the sixth round of the Six-Party Talks that produced the 13 February 2007 Joint Statement, resulting in the closure Yongbyon nuclear facility and the invitation of IAEA inspectors to conduct monitoring and verification measures.

[15] During the Presidential transition between George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Kang served for six months as the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation.

[22] Leading the U.S. delegation to the Diplomatic Conference, Kang secured the swift adoption of a consensus approach to resolving the deadlock.

During the Trump administration, Kang played a critical leadership role in countering the PRC's Military-Civil Fusion (MCF) efforts in the nuclear energy sector.

[27] Indeed, with the reemergence of great power competition, he also helped to lead U.S. efforts to prevent cutting-edge technologies and knowhow from being diverted to U.S. adversaries.

[28] He opened the inaugural gathering of like-minded partners to consider ways to protect rapidly developing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing from authoritarian regimes that seek to acquire sophisticated technology from advanced industrialized democracies and to use it in support of revisionist goals that undermine human rights and strategic stability.

In the months prior to the initial announcement of AUKUS in September 2021, he led the State Department participation in the trilateral and interagency deliberations and negotiations.