▲ This photo, provided by the presidential office, shows Park Cheol-hee. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Yoon-appointment

Yoon appoints new chief of diplomatic academy

SEOUL, March 30 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday appointed a Seoul National University (SNU) professor as chancellor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, his spokesperson said.

Park Cheol-hee, current director of the SNU Institute of International Affairs, will head the academy affiliated with the foreign ministry, according to Lee Do-woon.

His predecessor, Hong Hyun-ik, was recently dismissed with five months left in his term. Hong had been appointed by former President Moon Jae-in.

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