Yoon appoints new chief of diplomatic academy
Park Cheol-hee, dean and professor at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) at Seoul National University, speaks in an interview with The Korea Times at GSIS headquarters in Seoul, Aug. 12, 2019. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appointed a Seoul National University (SNU) professor as chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, his spokesperson said.
Park Cheol-hee, current director of the SNU Institute of International Affairs, will head the academy affiliated with the foreign ministry, according to Lee Do-woon.
His predecessor, Hong Hyun-ik, was recently dismissed with five months left in his term. Hong had been appointed by former President Moon Jae-in. (Yonhap)