Former vice foreign minister tapped to lead Seoul’s National Security Office
Kim Sung-han, long-time confidant of Yoon Suk-yeol, stresses ‘principled’ North Korea policy in nomination briefing
South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol nominates his foreign, unification, environment, fisheries and ocean, SME, education and law ministers as well as the president’s head secretary | Image: Office of Yoon’s spokesperson (April 13, 2022)
South Korea’s next National Security Office (NSO) chief will be former vice foreign minister and academic Kim Sung-han, Yoon Suk-yeol’s camp announced over the weekend.
The NSO is the South Korean presidential office’s equivalent to the U.S. National Security Council, and Kim will be in a position to advise Yoon Suk-yeol on North Korea and other matters of state security.
South Korea’s next National Security Office (NSO) chief will be former vice foreign minister and academic Kim Sung-han, Yoon Suk-yeol’s camp announced over the weekend.
The NSO is the South Korean presidential office’s equivalent to the U.S. National Security Council, and Kim will be in a position to advise Yoon Suk-yeol on North Korea and other matters of state security.
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