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'Traditional' doctors pick new head

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Kim Pil-gon

The Association of Korean Medicine, an organization of Korean traditional medicine doctors, announced the election of Kim Pil-gon as its new president. Park Wan-su, his running mate, will serve as vice president.

The association said Kim and Park received 55.59 percent of votes to serve as the 41st president and vice president, respectively.

Born in 1961, Kim studied Korean Oriental medicine at

Park Wan-su

Dongguk University. Park, who was born in 1969, graduated from Kyunghee University and serves as a professor of Korean traditional medicine at Gachon University.

The two will lead the association for the next three years.