South Korea president appoints new envoys to China, Japan, Russia, UN

• President Yoon Suk-yeol appoints ambassadors to China, Japan, Russia, and UN.
• Professor Chung Jae-ho chosen as ambassador to China.
• Former Korea National Diplomatic Academy chief Yun Duk-min named ambassador to Japan.
• Hwang Joon-kook appointed as UN’s new ambassador.
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President Yoon Suk-yeol of South Korea has appointed new ambassadors to China, Japan, Russia, and the United Nations, as per the presidential office on Tuesday.

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Chung taught at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology after getting his doctorate from the University of Michigan in 1993. In 1996, he began teaching at Seoul National University.

Chung, a former director of the Institute for China Studies and the Center for International Studies, was a visiting professor at Renmin University in 2007.

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Hwang Joon-kook, a former ambassador to the United Kingdom, has been appointed as the UN’s new ambassador.

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