Hong Seok-hyun was born on 20 October 1949 and is a South Korean media mogul and diplomat who is the chairman of JoongAng Holdings, the Korea Peace Foundation, and the Korea Baduk Association.
14 Facts About Hong Seok-hyun
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Hong Seok-hyun was a president of the ROK's Korea Association of Newspapers from 2003 to 2005.
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Hong Seok-hyun has been active in public service as well.
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Hong Seok-hyun received a bachelor's degree in engineering from Seoul National University in 1972, and a master's in industrial engineering from Stanford University in 1978.
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Hong Seok-hyun has presented new standards such as the induction of specialized journalists, the publication of sectional newspapers, the start of an online news service for the first time in Asia and the publication of a high-end Sunday newspaper etc.
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Hong Seok-hyun worked as an economist for the World Bank from 1977 to 1983.
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Hong Seok-hyun worked as a researcher in Korea Development Institute from 1985 to 1986.
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Hong Seok-hyun was appointed to the ambassador to the United States from February 2005 until he resigned in September 2005 due to his involvement in the X-file scandal.
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Hong Seok-hyun served as the first chairman of the newly launched the English-Speaking Union Korea in 2004.
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Hong Seok-hyun is a member of the Trilateral Commission; the International Advisory Council for the Center on Northeast Asian Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution; the Advisory Council for the Asian Studies Center of the Heritage Foundation; and the Advisory Council of the Korea Society.
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Hong Seok-hyun serves on the board of the Asia Society.
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Hong Seok-hyun is the president of the organizing committee of the World Culture Open, a global cultural network of people creatively collaborating for cultural exchange, space and support worldwide.
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Hong Seok-hyun's father is Hong Jin-ki, a former minister of justice, chief executive officer of Joongang Broadcasting Station and president of JoongAng Ilbo.
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Hong Seok-hyun is the brother-in-law of Lee Kun-hee, the current chairman of Samsung Group.