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Korea Times notice on spelling of president's name

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By Kim Rahn
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President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung head to board the presidential airplane at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. Yonhap

President Lee Jae Myung and first lady Kim Hea Kyung head to board the presidential airplane at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. Yonhap

Beginning Wednesday, The Korea Times will spell the names of the Korean president as Lee Jae Myung and the first lady as Kim Hea Kyung, in a change from our previous spellings of Lee Jae-myung and Kim Hye-kyung.

This follows a request from the government, which recently decided to use the new spellings for the presidential couple for official government documents and events. — ED.