President Roh Moo-hyun on Monday appointed Oh Young-jin, the economics desk editor at the English-language newspaper The Korea Times, as his secretary for overseas communications, Roh's office announced.
Oh, who joined the local daily in 1988, will succeed Sun Mi-ra who quit for personal reasons, Chong Wa Dae said.
Oh also served as political desk editor of The Korea Times between May 2003 and July 2004. From November 2000 to May 2002, he worked as the newspaper’s Chong Wa Dae correspondent.
