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Diplomat Lee Si-hyung to head KF

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  • Published May 12, 2016 5:50 pm KST
  • Updated May 12, 2016 5:50 pm KST

Lee Si-hyung

By Kim Ji-soo

Lee Si-hyung, 59, international relations ambassador for Gyeonggi Province, will head the Korea Foundation (KF).

Lee will serve the affiliate organization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a term of three years. He succeeds Yu Hyun-seok.

A graduate of Seoul National University’s diplomatic studies major, Lee passed the foreign service exam in 1980. He has served in numerous posts, including Korean ambassador to OECD from 2013 to 2015.