Ryu Kwon-ha re-elected to head FNA

Ryu Kwon-ha, CEO of the Korea JoongAng Daily and FNA chairman

Ryu Kwon-ha, CEO of the Korea JoongAng Daily, has been re-elected to head the Foreign Language Newspapers Association of Korea (FNA).

Ryu will serve as the FNA's fourth chairman. The FNA, comprising The Korea Times, the Korea Herald, the Korea JoongAng Daily and the Aju Business Daily, was established in July 2015. The FNA works for joint research and cooperation in publishing foreign-language dailies in Korea.

Ryu has been leading the Korea JoongAng Daily since 2013. He was formerly a writer for the JoongAng Ilbo, a Korean-language daily newspaper where he was the paper's German correspondent between 2003 and 2007. From 2007, he has served in various JoongAng Ilbo management positions including as chief secretary to chairman of the JoongAng Ilbo and JTBC.