Han Wha-jin is a South Korean researcher serving as the current South Korean Environment Minister.
12 Facts About Han Wha-jin
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Han Wha-jin previously served as an honorary researcher at the Korea Environment Institute, where she specialized in air pollution and climate change.
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Han Wha-jin later earned her doctorate degree in chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles.
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Han Wha-jin was a founding member of the Korea Environment Institute, where she worked for 23 years.
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Later, Han Wha-jin served as a member of the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission and the Green Growth Committee under the Prime Minister's Office.
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From 2016 to 2019, Han Wha-jin headed the Korea Foundation for Women in Science Engineering and Technology.
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Han Wha-jin was appointed as a candidate for the Minister of Environment by president Yoon Suk-yeol on April 13,2022.
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Han Wha-jin has indicated that she hopes to focus less on regulation and more on autonomy, social cooperation, and opinion gathering.
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Han Wha-jin has emphasized the importance of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of things, and big data.
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Han Wha-jin has strengthened Yoon's policies of expanding the role of nuclear power.
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On May 9,2023, Han Wha-jin announced in a press conference that she will "actively use the four river's weirs" and "diligently execute the cooperative management" of weirs and dams to prepare for droughts and floods.
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Han Wha-jin claimed that the Moon administration's decisions to remove the weirs "cannot be seen as a decision based on science".