Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.
Park appoints ex-journalist as presidential spokesman
By Kang Seung-woo
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Jeong Yeon-guk
By Kang Seung-woo
President Park Geun-hye has appointed Jeong Yeon-guk, a former journalist, as presidential spokesman, Cheong Wa Dae announced Sunday.
The post had been vacant for 20 days since former spokesman Min Kyung-wook quit on Oct. 5 to run in next year’s general election.
Jeong, 54, a former reporter at Munhwa Broadcasting Corp. (MBC), hosted a popular program “100 Minute Debate” and was, until recently, head of the department managing current affairs programs.
“I don’t know much, but I’ll try to learn things as quickly as I can,” he told reporters.
The President also appointed Yook Dong-in, a spokesman for the Financial Services Commission (FSC), as chief of the presidential press center, also known as “Chunchugwan.”
Yook’s predecessor, Jun Kwang-sam, also stepped down last month to prepare for the general election, scheduled for April 13, 2016.
Yook, 53, was once a journalist at the Korea Economic Daily.