South Korea’s Presidential transition committee appoints aides

South Korea’s President elect, Yoon Suk-yeol’s transition committee on Sunday appointed top presidential aides for the incoming government, including the chief national security and economic policy advisor.

Kim Sung-han, a professor at Korea University and former vice foreign minister, was named the president’s national security advisor, after having served as a foreign policy advisor on Yoon’s transition committee.

Choi Sang-mok, former vice finance minister, who has also been part of the transition committee, was named the top economic policy advisor.

Other top aides include Kim Yong-hyun, former director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the head of the Presidential Security Service, and Ahn Sang-hoon, a professor at Seoul National University, as Yoon’s social policy advisor.

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