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Choe tapped as new cultural heritage administrator
By Kwon Mee-yoo
Choe Kwang-shik, director of the National Museum of Korea, was named as the new administrator of the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), Tuesday.
Choe is a professor of Korean history at Korea University and has been involved in various academic activities. He was appointed as the director of the national museum with the onset of the Lee Myung-bak administration in 2008.
He is specialized in studies of ancient Korean history and one of founders of the Goguryeo Research Foundation, which was absorbed by the Northeast History Foundation. The foundation was created in protest to the so-called Northeast Project, a Chinese academic program to reexamine the ancient history of its northeastern region.
He also offered Advanced Program for Culture and Arts, which President Lee attended, when he directed Korea University Museum.
The CHA is a government body dedicated to preserve cultural heritages. Former administrator Yi Kun-moo was inaugurated in March 2008. His major projects included investigating cultural assets for the four-river restoration project. However, the new signboard of restored Gwanghwamun was cracked and Yi was told to step down from the position taking responsibility.
Meanwhile, Kim Young-na, professor of art history at Seoul National University, was named as the new national museum director.