President Lee appoints Lee Dongsu as First Deputy Director and Kim Ho-hong as Second Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service

by Song Seungseop

Published 29 Jun.2025 15:51(KST)

Updated 29 Jun.2025 16:14(KST)

Presidential Office Announces Appointments on June 29

Kang Hoonshik, Chief of Staff to the President, is announcing additional ministerial appointments on the 29th at the Presidential Office building in Yongsan, Seoul. Photo by Yonhap News

On June 29, President Lee Jaemyung carried out appointments for the First and Second Deputy Directors and the Director of Planning and Coordination at the National Intelligence Service.

Kang Hoonshik, Chief of Staff to the President, announced at a briefing held at the Presidential Office in Yongsan that Lee Dongsu, former Director of the Overseas Intelligence Bureau at the National Intelligence Service, has been appointed as the First Deputy Director. Kim Ho-hong, former Director of the North Korea Strategy Bureau at the National Intelligence Service, has been appointed as the Second Deputy Director. For the position of Director of Planning and Coordination at the National Intelligence Service, attorney Kim Heesoo, who previously served as an auditor for Gyeonggi Province, has been selected.