SEOUL — The U.S. Embassy here may have a new home at the current Camp Coiner, a base adjacent to Yongsan Garrison, according to the State Department’s top envoy here.

Embassy officials are working with the South Korean government to find a new location so the United States can replace its aging facility near the Gyeonbok Palace, north of Seoul City Hall.

The State Department had hoped to build near Deoksu Palace, closer to the city’s government buildings. Those plans were delayed after cultural groups expressed concerns about the history of the site.

On Wednesday, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill said he expected the embassy to build new offices and high-rise housing at Coiner.

Sub’s commanding officer is reassigned

WASHINGTON — The Navy has reassigned the commander of an attack submarine that ran aground Jan. 8 in the western Pacific Ocean, officials said Thursday.

Cmdr. Kevin Mooney, who commanded the USS San Francisco, was reassigned to a unit in Guam pending the completion of the investigation into the crash, a statement from the U.S. 7th Fleet said. Vice Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, the fleet’s commander, ordered Mooney’s removal from command.

The nuclear-powered San Francisco was on its way to Australia when it struck an undersea mass of rock that was not on the ship’s charts.

Machinist Mate 2nd Class Joseph Allen Ashley, 24, of Akron, Ohio, died of injuries suffered during the crash, and 23 other members of the crew were injured.

School bus hit on road

A school bus carrying elementary students from the Ikego and Negishi housing areas to Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, was struck from behind by a motorist on Route 16 early Friday, officials said.

There were no serious injuries, and the bus continued to The Sullivans Elementary School after the accident, said Hanako Tomizuka, a Yokosuka Naval Base spokeswoman. But later in the day, a boy who was traveling on the bus during the accident visited the school nurse and was sent to the emergency room at U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka as a precaution. He was treated for a slight neck strain and released.

The accident occurred just after 7 a.m. on the Otaki-cho, a stretch of Route 16 near Yokosuka, Tomizuka said. The school bus was stopped at a red light when the driver of a trailing car ran into it from behind.

Japanese police were unable to comment on the case Friday night.