Chung Jae-suk

Chung Jae-suk (Korean: 정재숙; Hanja: 鄭在淑; born 29 March 1961) is a South Korean journalist currently serving as the administrator of Cultural Heritage Administration since her appointment by President Moon Jae-in in August 2018. She is the first journalist and third woman to lead the organisation.[1]

Chung Jae-suk
정재숙
Cultural Heritage Administrator
Assumed office
31 August 2018
PresidentMoon Jae-in
MinisterPark Yang-woo
Preceded byKim Jong-jin
Personal details
Born (1961-03-29) 29 March 1961
Seoul, South Korea
Alma materKorea University
Sungshin Women's University
This is a Korean name; the family name is Chung.

She graduated from Korea University with bachelor's degree in Education in 1985 and completed postgraduate programme in Arts history from Sungshin Women's University in 1987.

Since 1988 she has worked over thirty years as a journalist mostly at culture-and-arts-related department of several newspapers from Seoul Economic Daily and The Hankyoreh to JoongAng Ilbo and JTBC cable TV broadcaster.[2]

Before resigning for CHA administrator, Chung served as a board member of Korea National Contemporary Dance Company which is managed by the CHA's parent organisation, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, from 2013 as well as a member of CHA's Royal Palaces and Tombs Utilization Review Committee from 2014.[3]

References
  1. "New Cultural Heritage Administration head seeks more exchanges with North Korea".
  2. "Chung Jae-suk named head of CHA".
  3. "Administrator profile".
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