Yoon presents letter of appointment to culture adviser

▲ President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) poses for a photo with Yoo In-chon, named to the newly established position of special presidential adviser for culture and sports, after presenting Yoo with a letter of appointment at the presidential office in Seoul on July 7, 2023. (Yonhap)

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Yoon presents letter of appointment to culture adviser

SEOUL, July 7 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday presented a letter of appointment to Yoo In-chon, his new special adviser for culture and sports.

Yoo, a well-known TV and stage actor who served as culture minister during the Lee Myung-bak administration, was named to the newly established position the previous day.

Yoon also presented letters of appointment to Woo Tong-ki and Lee Jung-hyun, the chair and vice chair, respectively, of a new presidential committee for regional development.

The committee merges the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development and the Presidential Committee on Autonomy and Decentralization, and will formally launch Monday.

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