The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Thursday it appointed Jeon Woo-yong as chair of the King Sejong Institute Foundation and Kim Seung-su as president of the Korea Publishing Industry Promotion Agency. Both terms are three years.
Jeon is a historian who earned a doctorate in Korean history from Seoul National University. He has served as a research fellow at the University of Seoul’s Institute of Seoul Studies, a research professor at Hanyang University’s Institute of East Asian Cultures, and a visiting professor at the Academy of Korean Studies. The ministry said he has also communicated with the public through social media, columns and broadcasts.
Kim has worked to strengthen local publishing ecosystems and expand book culture, serving as mayor of Jeonju and as the first chair of the National Association of Book-Reading Cities. During his tenure as mayor, he declared Jeonju a “city of books” and promoted reading and local bookstores by introducing the Jeonju Book Love Point program, “Bookkung 20,” and building library infrastructure, among other policies. In recognition of those efforts, he received a special prize in 2021 from the Korean Publishers Association’s “Publisher of the Year” awards.
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