Kim Kyung-han has been appointed deputy minister of strategic investments at the Korea-U.S. Strategic Investment Corporation, which will oversee Korea's $350 billion investment in the United States. Kim, the new deputy minister, passed the 38th civil service exam, worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and served as vice president for global trade policy at POSCO Holdings.
The corporation said on the 18th that it "appointed the inaugural director who will lay the organizational groundwork and lead core businesses." The director's term is two years starting that day.
Deputy Minister Kim, born in 1965, graduated from Seoul National University's department of law and entered public service by passing the 38th civil service exam. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kim served as director of the Korea-U.S. FTA Promotion Committee and deputy director general of the International Economic Affairs Bureau, and held posts as counselor at the embassies in Vietnam, Brazil, Chicago in the United States, and India. Kim later worked at POSCO Holdings as vice president of the Global Trade Policy and Communications Division and as head of Trade and Commerce.
The corporation also appointed Kang Jong-seok as the new deputy minister of management planning that day. Born in 1969, Deputy Minister Kang graduated from Korea University's department of business administration and received an MBA from the University of Oregon in the United States. Kang entered public service by passing the 38th civil service exam and served as director of policy coordination and director of the service economy division at the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Kang also worked as a senior administrative officer at the presidential office's job creation office and as a counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' job creation office.