Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik, third from left, announces personnel appointments made by President Lee Jae Myung at the press briefing room of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Sunday. From left are Seong Ghi-hong, new senior secretary for public relations and communications; Han Chan-sik, senior presidential secretary for civil affairs; Kang; Kim Kyoung-ja, senior secretary for social affairs; Kang Gun-jark, first deputy director of the National Security Office; and Song Ki-ho, third deputy director of the National Security Office. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung appointed five new senior aides, Sunday, in a move aimed at accelerating the implementation of his administration's policy agenda as it enters its second year, with appointments spanning communications, civil affairs, social policy and national security.
Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik announced the appointments during a briefing at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, emphasizing that the selections were designed to help realize Lee's vision for the second year of his administration.
Seong Ghi-hong, former president and CEO of Yonhap News Agency, was named senior presidential secretary for public relations and communications.
