Anna Jiwon Park has been covering the politics at The Korea Times since the summer of 2024, when she joined the press pool for the Office of the President in Korea. Prior to that, she spent about five years reporting extensively on financial markets, regulatory authorities and the financial industry. She joined The Korea Times in 2019 after spending eight years as a broadcast journalist at Arirang TV, Korea’s leading global broadcaster, covering politics, defense and culture.
YouTuber appointed as FSS financial education ambassador
YouTuber Syuka, who has 2.78 million followers on his economy-focused YouTube channel, “syukaworld,” stands next to Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) Governor Lee Bok-hyun at the headquarters of FSS in Seoul, Wednesday. Syuka, whose real name is Jeon Seok-jae, used be a proprietary trader at eBest Investment and a fund manager at Samsung Asset Management, before becoming a YouTuber. The FSS said Syuka accepted the ambassador role for free, as he shares the need to strengthen public understanding of financial matters. Courtesy of FSS
By Anna J. Park