Lee Sang-seok, vice president of the Hankook Ilbo, a sister company of The Korea Times, was appointed the President of the Hankooki.com online company of the newspaper group, Friday, in a meeting of shareholders in Seoul.
Hankook Ilbo Chairman Chang Jae-ku was reappointed as a board member. Managing Director Shin Woo-chul was also reappointed as an auditor.
In a separate shareholders' meeting, The Korea Times also renamed Shin as an auditor of the English daily.