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Kim Yung-ho (Korean: 김영호, born 1 August 1959) is a South Korean political and diplomatic scholar and Minister of Unification. He was born in the southeastern city of Jinju, South Gyeongsang. He majored in diplomacy at Seoul National University and received a doctorate from the University of Virginia in the United States. He also worked as a researcher at the Sejong Institute and began teaching political and diplomatic studies at Sungshin Women's University in Seoul in 1999.[1]
Kim Yung-ho | |
|---|---|
김영호 | |
| Minister of Unification | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2023 | |
| President | Yoon Suk Yeol |
| Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo |
| Preceded by | Kwon Young-se |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 August 1959 Dalseong, North Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Alma mater | Seoul National University (BA) Boston University (MA) University of Virginia (PhD} |
Biography
editIn 2005, he became one of the most vocal scholars of the conservative New Right movement, holding advisory positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, and the Ministry of Unification.[1]
He was appointed presidential secretary for unification during the conservative Lee Myung Bak presidency in 2011 and served as the human rights ambassador of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2013.[1]
Kim has opened his YouTube channel in 2018, and he is presenting a column sharing his conservative views on world politics.[1]
Minister of Unification
editYonhap News Agency explained that he is considered the right person to understand and implement President Yoon Suk Yeol's North Korea policy stance centered on a "bold initiative" aimed at supporting North Korea's economic development in return for North Korea's denuclearization commitments.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "(profile) Conservative professor tapped to lead unification ministry". Yonhap News Agency. June 29, 2023.