Yoon Approves Nomination of Cho Tae-yong as Director of National Intelligence Service

National Assembly Intelligence Committee Adopts Personnel Hearing Progress Report

President Yoon Suk-yeol approved the appointment of Cho Tae-yong as the new Director of the National Intelligence Service on the 16th.

The Presidential Office spokesperson announced through a press release in the afternoon that President Yoon had approved Cho's appointment.

President Yoon had previously nominated Cho, who was then the Director of the National Security Office at the Presidential Office, as the new NIS Director candidate on the 19th of last month.

The National Assembly Intelligence Committee also held a plenary session on the same day and adopted the personnel hearing report on Cho by bipartisan agreement.

However, the personnel hearing report included both favorable and unfavorable opinions.

The opposition party expressed an unfavorable opinion citing controversies such as Cho receiving a fine for drunk driving without disciplinary action from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and receiving rental income from a residence in Yongsan owned by a domestic subsidiary of ExxonMobil in the United States.

Cho Tae-yong, nominee for the Director of the National Intelligence Service, is taking an oath at the confirmation hearing held at the National Assembly on the 11th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

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