Ex-spokesman becomes farm center head

Kim Dok-man

By Kim Hyo-jin

Kim Dok-man, 55, former spokesman of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission, was appointed as the chief of the tentatively named Center for Supporting Returning to Farms.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced Wednesday that it had chosen Kim to head the state-run center.

Graduating from Yonsei University in 1987, Kim started his career as a reporter at the daily Herald Economy newspaper in 1989. He worked as a spokesman at the anti-corruption watchdog for seven years from 2005.

From 2012 to the present, he taught at the Korea National University of Transportation.

The government set up the center to support people wanting to be farmers. It provides education and consultation to those who plan to settle in countryside and run a farm.