Jung Jae-ho, New Ambassador to China, Pledges "Mutual Respect and Stable Korea-China Relations"

Starting Full Operations in Early August After 10-Day Quarantine at Beijing Ambassador Residence

[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Jo Young-shin] Jung Jae-ho, the newly appointed ambassador to China, stated on the 19th, "I will do my best to maintain and develop stable bilateral relations by practicing mutual respect with China and strengthening cooperation based on common interests."

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At around 10:40 a.m. (China time) that day, Ambassador Jung, who arrived at Tianjin Binhai International Airport via Korean Air flight 805, expressed his aspirations, saying, "The Korea-China relationship, marking its 30th anniversary, holds many opportunities and challenges," according to an official from the Korean Embassy in China.

After arrival, Ambassador Jung immediately moved to the Beijing ambassadorial residence, where he will undergo a ten-day quarantine before starting full-scale work at the embassy in early August.

Before his appointment as ambassador, Jung was a professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University and a China expert who researched Korea-China and U.S.-China relations. After earning his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Michigan in 1993, he served as an assistant professor in the Social Sciences Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, an adjunct researcher at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and has been at Seoul National University since 1996. He has also held positions such as visiting professor at Renmin University of China, director of the China Research Institute at Seoul National University, and director of the U.S.-China Relations Research Center under the Asia Research Institute at Seoul National University.

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