▲ President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) poses for a photo with new South Korean Ambassador to Iran Kim Jun-pyo after presenting him with a letter of appointment at the presidential office in Seoul on Jan. 26, 2024. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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Foreign ministry shakes up 6 overseas ambassador posts

SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea appointed new ambassadors to Iran, Germany and four other countries, the foreign ministry said Friday.

Kim Jun-pyo, director general for North American affairs, will head the South Korean Embassy in Iran and Lim Sang-beom, former presidential secretary for national security strategy, will serve as the ambassador to Germany, the ministry said in a press release.

Jeong Yeon-doo, a former ambassador to the Netherlands, has been appointed as the top envoy in Turkey and Park Kyong-sig, the former deputy consul general in Hong Kong, will lead the embassy in Ghana.

Others include Park Ji-hyun, new ambassador to Madagascar, and Noh Won-il to Uruguay.

Five others were appointed to lead the consulate general of San Francisco, Niigata and Sapporo in Japan, as well as Chengdu and Qingdao in China.

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