President Moon Appoints Former National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee Seok-hyun as Senior Vice Chair of the National Unification Advisory Council

Park Jong-su Appointed as Chairman of the Northern Economic Cooperation Committee and Executive Director of the Northeast Asia Community Culture Foundation

Lee Seok-hyun, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Korea Central Committee, announced the results of the merger vote with the proportional party, the Democratic Citizens' Party, at the National Assembly on the 12th. Of the 657 central committee members, 497 participated in the vote, with 98% (486 votes) in favor and 2% (11 votes) against, approving the merger. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Asia Economy reporters Ryu Jeong-min and Lee Ji-eun] On the 27th, President Moon Jae-in appointed former National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee Seok-hyun as the Senior Vice Chairman of the National Unification Advisory Council and appointed Park Jong-su, Executive Director of the Northeast Asia Community Culture Foundation, as the Chairman of the Northern Economic Cooperation Committee.

The new Senior Vice Chairman is a six-term National Assembly member who previously served as a member of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee and as Vice Speaker of the National Assembly. The new Chairman, Park, is an expert on northern policies who served as Charg? d'Affaires at the Embassy in Russia and is currently serving as Executive Director of the Northeast Asia Community Culture Foundation.

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