Moon Moo-hong Named Chairman of Inter-Korean Industrial Park Committee

By Kim Sue-young

Staff Reporter

Moon Moo-hong, the former director of unification policy at the now-defunct Board of National Unification, was named chairman of the management committee for the inter-Korean industrial complex in Gaeseong, North Korea, the Ministry of Unification said Monday. The committee essentially operates the complex with its North Korean counterpart.

Moon, 61, will concurrently serve as chief director of the Gaesong Industrial District Management Committee which gives assistance to companies in the industrial park.

Moon served as presidential press secretary during the Chun Doo-hwan administration and worked at the unification board, the predecessor of the ministry, during the Kim Young-sam administration.

He worked as vice chief delegate to multilateral talks to discuss the North Korean nuclear issue between 1997 and 1998.

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