Seong Ghi-hong, the new presidential secretary for public relations and communication / Courtesy of Cheong Wa Dae
Seong Ghi-hong, the new presidential secretary for public relations and communication, is a veteran newswire journalist with 30 years of experience covering politics, the economy and national news.
Seong, 58, is the former CEO and president of Yonhap News Agency, who covered an array of areas after joining the company in 1992.
In 2007, he visited North Korea with other reporters covering Cheong Wa Dae to report on inter-Korean talks between late former President Roh Moo-hyun and late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the father of incumbent North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Following his three-day trip to Pyongyang, he co-authored a book on the historic event with other reporters and Cheong Wa Dae officials.
