Yoon presents letter of appointment to culture adviser

President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, poses with Yoo In-chon, now Yoon's special adviser for culture and sports, after presenting Yoo with a letter of appointment, Friday. Yonhap

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday presented a letter of appointment to Yoo In-chon, his new special adviser for culture and sports.

Yoo, a well-known TV and stage actor who served as culture minister during the Lee Myung-bak administration, was named to the newly established position the previous day.

Yoon also presented letters of appointment to Woo Tong-ki and Lee Jung-hyun, the chair and vice chair, respectively, of a new presidential committee for regional development.

The committee merges the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development and the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization, and will formally launch Monday. (Yonhap)