Yeo Election Committee Recruits Former USFK Deputy Commander Park Sun-woo and Former Navy Chief of Staff Bu Seok-jong

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] Former U.S.-Korea Combined Forces Command Deputy Commander Park Seon-woo and former Navy Chief of Staff Bu Seok-jong have joined the Democratic Party's election campaign committee.

On the 12th, the National Talent Committee, a direct organization of presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, held a press conference at the Yeouido party headquarters in the afternoon and announced the recruitment of former Chief Bu and former Deputy Commander Park as "security personnel."

Former Deputy Commander Park graduated from the 35th class of the Korea Military Academy and served as the commander of the Iraq Peace Reconstruction Division in 2008 and as the commander of the 2nd Corps in 2010. He then served as the U.S.-Korea Combined Forces Deputy Commander for two years from 2013 before retiring.

Former Chief of Staff Bu graduated from the 40th class of the Korea Naval Academy and served as the head of the Navy Jeju Civil-Military Complex Tourism Port Construction Project Team in 2013, commander of the Navy 2nd Fleet in 2016, and the 52nd Superintendent of the Korea Naval Academy in 2018. He served as the Navy Chief of Staff from April 2020 until December last year.

Candidate Lee Jae-myung attended the recruitment announcement ceremony and said, "I welcome the recruitment of these two individuals who have been responsible for the security of the Republic of Korea throughout their lives and have achieved great results."

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