2023-12-03 09:41:00
Presidential Unification Secretary Kim Soo-kyung was appointed as the new presidential spokesperson. Cho Sang-myeong, Presidential Secretary for Social Integration, was appointed as Director of the Government Affairs Situation Office, and Jang Soon-chil, a senior administrative officer in the Office of Presidential Public Sympathy, was appointed as Presidential Secretary for Citizen Communication. Following the reorganization of the Presidential Office, Spokesperson Lee Do-woon was appointed as Senior Secretary for Public Relations, Director Oh-seop Han of the Government Affairs Situation Office was appointed as Senior Secretary for Political Affairs, and this is a follow-up appointment following the retirement of Citizen Communication Secretary Jeon Gwang-sam.
New Presidential Office Spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung is giving her thoughts on her appointment at the Presidential Office building in Yongsan, Seoul on the 3rd. /yunhap news
According to the Presidential Office on the 3rd, President Yoon Seok-yeol recently approved the appointment of Spokesperson Kim and Chief of Staff Cho. The start date of his term is the 4th, and he will begin formal work with the new policy director and senior officials.
Spokesperson Kim is a former Dong-A Ilbo reporter who received a doctorate in sociology from Stanford University and worked as a research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification. He moved to the President’s Office last July while working as a professor in the Department of Social Welfare at Hanshin University. Being a scholar who studied North Korean human rights and having media experience is considered an advantage. He was born in 1976, and the fact that he was relatively young and female among the key staff members also played a role.
New Presidential Office Spokesperson Kim Soo-kyung (left), new Presidential Office Spokesperson Cho Sang-myeong. /News 1
Director Cho graduated from the Public Administration Exam and served as the Director of Life Safety Policy and the Director of Safety Policy at the Ministry of Public Administration and Security. In 2008, he served on former President Lee Myung-bak’s presidential transition committee. He is evaluated as the right person to lead the role of the government situation room, including public security and disaster management. Secretary Jang has experience working at the Blue House under the Park Geun-hye administration, and joined during President Yoon’s presidential campaign.
In addition, Choi Jae-hyuk, former president of Jeju MBC, was appointed as the public relations planning secretary in charge of the president’s image publicity (PI). Deputy Spokesperson Choi Ji-hyeon will take on the vacant new media secretary position.
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