The Ministry of Unification announced on July 9 that Lee Je-hoon, former editor-in-chief of The Hankyoreh, has been appointed as the head of the National Institute for Peace and Democracy.
The new director is a seasoned journalist and expert in unification and diplomacy, having reported on inter-Korean relations and issues concerning the Korean Peninsula since 1998.
Lee served as a senior reporter on the unification and diplomacy team at The Hankyoreh and became editor-in-chief in March 2017, but later stepped down to return to field reporting. He has also held a position as an adjunct professor at the Graduate School of North Korean Studies.
Until April of this year, Lee worked as a reporter covering the Ministry of Unification before applying for the director position at the National Institute for Peace and Democracy.
The head of the National Institute for Peace and Democracy is a senior civil servant position that can be held for a minimum of two years, with the possibility of extension up to five years.
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