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Cho Hyun-ock (leftO, former senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs under President Moon Jae-in and Roh Tae-kang, former deputy minister of culture (Yonhap) |
South Korea on Thursday appointed new ambassadors to 11 nations, including Germany and Switzerland, in a regular reshuffle, the foreign ministry said.
Roh Tae-kang, a former deputy minister of culture under President Moon Jae-in from 2017-2019, was named ambassador to Switzerland, the ministry said.
The ministry said Roh “has the experience that will allow him to seek a higher level of cooperation with the host nation, which is ahead in the cultural and tourism sectors.”
Cho Hyun-ock, former senior presidential secretary for personnel affairs under Moon, has been named ambassador to Germany, according to the ministry.
He speaks German, studied at Heidelberg University and is familiar with local business there, he said.
The ministry has also appointed new ambassadors to East Timor, Vatican City, France, Turkey, Libya, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Uruguay and Turkmenistan.
In addition, new consuls general were appointed for Niigata, Boston, Sapporo, San Francisco, Hamburg and Fukuoka. (Yonhap)
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