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Michael DeSombre confirmed as senior U.S. diplomat for Asia-Pacific, expected to play major role in potential talks with North

Michael DeSombre, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday — nearly seven months after his nomination was announced on March 11.

2025.10.9

Kim Hyun-ji, left, the presidential secretary of general affairs, speaks with Ha Jung-woo, right, senior presidential secretary for AI policy and future planning, during a meeting of senior presidential aides at the presidential office in Seoul on Sept. 11. [YONHAP]

Lee appoints second spokesperson, reshuffles secretariat

President Lee Jae Myung has appointed Kim Nam-joon, his personal secretary, as a second spokesperson to serve alongside incumbent spokesperson Kang Yu-jung, the presidential office said Monday.

2025.9.29

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Argentina’s Secretary of Mining Luis Lucero speaks during an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul on Tuesday. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Come get your lithium here, Argentina's mining secretary tells Korean companies

Argentina’s Secretary of Mining Luis Lucero invited Korean companies to expand their role in the South American country's booming mineral sector, citing lithium and copper as strategic opportunities for bilateral cooperation.

2025.8.28

Jung Dae-jin, professor of global business at Halla University, who was appointed unification policy secretary at the presidential National Security Office [JOONGANG ILBO]

Jung Dae-jin appointed as unification policy secretary

Jung Dae-jin, a professor of global business at Halla University in Wonju, has been appointed unification policy secretary at the presidential National Security Office, sources said Monday.

2025.8.25

An ideology too deeply skewed to change (KOR)

The presidential office must not let the affair pass with Hwang’s short apology.

2024.3.19

An ideology too deeply skewed to change

The presidential office must not let the affair pass with Hwang’s short apology.

2024.3.18

The DP’s never-ending dubious nominations

The voters will deliver their verdict on the malpractice on Election Day.

2024.3.5

President Yoon Suk-yeol speaks to reporters at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul Monday morning. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Two political affairs secretaries on the chopping block

After the presidential office signaled a major reshuffle ahead of the Chuseok holiday next month, two political affairs secretaries resigned Monday.

2022.8.29

A strange attack on the bench

A court has come under heavy attack from a pro-government civic group after it indirectly accepted the charges that late Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon had sexually harassed his former secretary, in a separate trial between the female...

2021.1.18