Sangcheol Park, President of Honam University, Appointed as Overseas Koreans Policy Committee Member by Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Park Sang-chul, President of Honam University, received a certificate of appointment as a member of the Overseas Koreans Policy Committee from Cho Tae-yeol, Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 30th.

The Overseas Koreans Policy Committee is a committee under the Minister of Foreign Affairs, operated in accordance with the Overseas Koreans Basic Act. It was operated as a committee under the Prime Minister based on a presidential decree since 1996, changed to a committee under the Minister of Foreign Affairs in September 2021, and was reorganized as a committee based on the law with the enactment and enforcement of the Overseas Koreans Basic Act last year.

The committee is composed of vice ministers or vice minister-level officials from 11 ministries including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Unification, Ministry of Employment and Labor, Ministry of Education, Office for Government Policy Coordination, and the Overseas Koreans Office, as well as 12 civilian members. President Park Sang-chul was appointed as a member on the 1st. The term of the members is two years, until the end of December next year.

At the 22nd Overseas Koreans Policy Committee meeting presided over by Minister Cho Tae-yeol, the '1st Basic Plan for Overseas Koreans Policy (2024?2028)' was reviewed and approved, and the current status and directions of overseas Koreans-related affairs were discussed.

The newly confirmed 1st Basic Plan for Overseas Koreans Policy is the highest-level comprehensive government-wide plan that presents the basic principles and directions of overseas Koreans policy for the next five years.

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