Park In-kook, deputy foreign minister for international organizations and global issues, has been named ambassador to the United Nations, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Monday.
Ha Chan-ho, who served as ambassador to Iraq before joining the Lee Myung-bak campaign early this year, was re-named to serve in the post, the ministry said.
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