Seoul District Public Relations Chiefs Mostly Female...Media Team Leaders Mostly Male

13 Female Public Relations Managers, 12 Male...14 Male Media Team Leaders, 11 Female

The heads of public relations departments in Seoul's 25 autonomous districts show a 'female-majority' phenomenon with 13 women and 12 men.

In contrast, the heads of media teams show a 'male-majority' phenomenon with 14 men and 11 women, three more male team leaders, highlighting a stark contrast.

The heads of public relations departments and media teams in Seoul's autonomous districts hold important positions supporting the district mayor's administrative philosophy promotion in the third year of the 8th local government term.

The male heads of public relations departments are: Gwangjin Yoo Jong-heon, Jungnang Park No-myung, Gangbuk Hwang Hyun-jun, Dobong Min Chang-sik, Nowon Park Hyung-soon, Mapo Shin Nam-jae, Gangseo Kang Hak-gu, Guro Park Young-joo, Yeongdeungpo Yoo Gwi-hyun, Dongjak Kim Byung-seop, Gwanak Kim Seung-won, and Gangdong Choi Joon-sik, totaling 12. Among them, Dobong Min Chang-sik, Nowon Park Hyung-soon, Mapo Shin Nam-jae, Guro Park Young-joo, and Dongjak Kim Byung-seop were appointed in this second half personnel reshuffle.

The female heads of public relations departments are: Jongno Seo Hee-sook, Jung-gu Yoo Jin-young, Yongsan Choi Hyang-sook, Seongdong Kim Eun-kyung, Dongdaemun Park Mi-hee, Seongbuk Choi Hye-sook, Eunpyeong Lim Soo-jung, Seodaemun Kim Sun-hee, Yangcheon Kim Hyang-sook, Geumcheon Lim Jeong-hwa, Seocho Choi Ye-ryun, Gangnam Oh Eun-hyang, and Songpa Kim Ran-soo, totaling 13. Among them, Dongdaemun Park Mi-hee, Seongbuk Choi Hye-sook, Eunpyeong Lim Soo-jung, Seodaemun Kim Sun-hee, and Seocho Choi Ye-ryun were appointed after July.

The male media team leaders are: Jongno Jeong Jae-hoon, Yongsan Lee Young-min, Dongdaemun-gu Jeong Jae-ho (open position), Seongbuk Ha Kang-sik, Eunpyeong Park Young-soo, Yangcheon Jeong Hwan-gyun, Gangseo Kim Jin-hee, Geumcheon Kim Won-gyu, Yeongdeungpo Kim Hyung-woon, Dongjak Kim Cheol-gu, Seocho Lee Min-seop, Gangnam Lee Sang-yoon, Songpa Kim Woo-jin, and Gangdong Han Sang-chul, totaling 14.

The female media team leaders are: Jung-gu Song Hye-jung, Seongdong Lee Hye-sook, Gwangjin Kim Hyun-ja, Jungnang Jeon Sang-jin, Gangbuk Park Hee-jung, Dobong Bae Mi-hwa, Nowon Jeong Yoon-kyung, Seodaemun Na Jin-ah (open position), Mapo Lee Gi-yeon, Guro Ahn Mina, and Gwanak-gu Chae Jin-su, totaling 11.

However, the public relations work is challenging, and some heads of public relations departments have shown displeased expressions after their appointments, drawing attention. This is interpreted as reflecting the difficulty of media relations work. Especially, many who were previously media team leaders and then appointed as heads of public relations departments have reacted with "Do I have to do this job again?"

Accordingly, it is pointed out that unless one is about to be promoted to grade 4, there is a tendency to avoid taking the position of head of public relations department, which should be considered during personnel appointments.

One head of public relations department in an autonomous district complained, "I don't know why I was appointed to this position." This is understood to be because it is not easy to respond when critical articles appear.

Nevertheless, many heads and team leaders who recognize the diversity of public relations work face their duties with bright expressions.

Meanwhile, Seoul City has newly appointed Kim Gyu-ryong as the head of the media affairs office and Kim Kyung-jin as the media team leader.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.