Park names long-time aide Lee Jung-hyun senior press secretary

President Park Geun-hye has named long-time aide Lee Jung-hyun new senior press secretary following the dismissal of former journalist Yoon Chang-joon, Cheong Wa Dae sad Monday.

Yoon was fired after his alleged sexual encounter with an aide of the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.C. during Park visit there last month.

Lee has long served as Park’s mouthpiece even when the President was silent in the political circle and is regarded as one of her closest aides.

Cheong Wa Dae spokesperson Kim Haeng said Park had been looking for someone who can best reflect her political principals following the disgraced exit of her first press secretary.