SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has appointed an Ajou University professor as the new head of the National Diplomatic Academy, a presidential spokesperson said Friday.

Kim Heung-kyu, a professor of politics and diplomacy at Ajou University, was named to head the academy, with expertise in East Asian diplomacy and security issues, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said.

The president also named Kim Tai-yoo, an engineering professor at Seoul National University, as vice chair of the presidential committee on rationalizing regulations, Kang said.

pbr@yna.co.kr

(END)

  • U.S. Marines stage live-fire drills involving FPV drones for 1st time in S. Korea
  • Galaxy Z series logs 1.44 mln preorders in S. Korea, highest on record
  • Singer-actor Cha Eun-woo files appeal after paying 13 bln won in taxes
  • (2nd LD) Temperatures soar to record 42.5 C in southeast
  • Navy's ROKS Daejeon awarded 'top gun' honor at RIMPAC

  • U.S. Marines stage live-fire drills involving FPV drones for 1st time in S. Korea

  • (LEAD) Police raid Starbucks Korea over controversial promotional event
  • Singer-actor Cha Eun-woo files appeal after paying 13 bln won in taxes
  • Navy's ROKS Daejeon awarded 'top gun' honor at RIMPAC
  • (3rd LD) Temperatures soar to record 42.5 C in southeast

  • (3rd LD) N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: military

  • S. Korea's Danuri orbiter successfully films moon collision of SpaceX rocket
  • U.S. Marines stage live-fire drills involving FPV drones for 1st time in S. Korea
  • N. Korea fires unidentified projectile toward East Sea: military
  • (LEAD) N. Korea fires short-range ballistic missile toward East Sea: military