Yoon nominates Park Geun-hye’s vice national security adviser as head of NIS

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Yoon nominates Park Geun-hye’s vice national security adviser as head of NIS

Kim Kyou-hyun is also a career diplomat with expertise in U.S.-ROK relations

Jeongmin Kim May 11, 2022

Yoon nominates Park Geun-hye’s vice national security adviser as head of NIS

Yoon shakes hands with impeached former President Park Geun-hye after the May 10, 2022 inauguration ceremony | Image: Defense Media Agency), by Yang Dang wook via Republic of Korea Flickr

South Korea’s new intelligence chief will be former Park Geun-hye administration official Kim Kyou-hyun, President Yoon Suk-yeol announced on Wednesday.

Kim was tapped for director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) after having previously served as a senior secretary for foreign and security policy as well as a deputy national security adviser and vice foreign minister under Park.

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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim

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