▲ President Yoon Suk-yeol (L) poses with new South Korean Ambassador to the U.S. Cho Tae-yong during a credentials ceremony at the presidential office in Seoul on June 10, 2022. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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Yoon gives credentials to new ambassador to U.S.

SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol gave credentials to new Ambassador to the United States Cho Tae-yong on Friday.

Cho received the credentials during a ceremony at the presidential office before heading to Washington this weekend. A former vice foreign minister, Cho recently served as a lawmaker of the ruling People Power Party.

The ambassador is expected to arrive in Washington ahead of Foreign Minister Park Jin's visit to the U.S. capital on Sunday.

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