Yoon names ambassadors to Japan, China, Russia, U.N.

Yoon-ambassadors

Yoon names ambassadors to Japan, China, Russia, U.N.

SEOUL, June 7 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday named foreign policy expert Yun Duk-min as ambassador to Japan, while also naming the top envoys to China, Russia and the United Nations.

Chung Jae-ho, professor of Seoul National University, was named ambassador to Beijing, while former diplomat Chang Ho-jin was named ambassador to Russia and former diplomat Hwang Joon-kook ambassador to the U.N.

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