Suh Hoon

Suh Hoon (서훈; born 1954) is President Moon Jae-in's Director of National Security Office, equivalent to the US National Security Advisor. He previously served as the first director of the National Intelligence Service.[1]

Suh Hoon
서훈
The cropped picture of Suh Hoon when he was entering into the inter-Korean summit 2018 meeting room.
Director of National Security Office
Assumed office
3 July 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byChung Eui-yong
13th Director of the National Intelligence Service
In office
1 June 2017 – 2 July 2020
PresidentMoon Jae-in
Preceded byLee Byung-ho
Succeeded byPark Jie-won
Personal details
Born1954 (age 66–67)
Korean name
Hangul
서훈
Hanja
徐薰
Revised RomanizationSeo Hun
McCune–ReischauerSŏ Hun
In this Korean name, the family name is Suh.

Overview

In 1980, he started public service at the Ministry of National Security Planning with 17 public affairs and worked for National Intelligence Service for 28 years and 3 months until his retirement in March 2008.[2] He was the third deputy of the Roh Moo-hyun administration after going through the Strategic Chief of the National Intelligence Service. In 2017, he was appointed as President Moon Jae-in's first director of National Intelligence Service. In July 2020 he was designated as Moon's second director of National Security Office replacing Chung Eui-yong.[3] This makes Suh as one of four people who continue to serve President Moon as cabinet minister or ministerial-level government official from the beginning of Moon's presidency in 2017 along with Hong Nam-ki, Kim Sang-jo and Kang Kyung-wha as of December 2020.

Education

Career
  • 1996: Representative of Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
  • February 2004: Chief of information security office of National Security Council
  • December 2004: Chief Strategy Officer of the National Intelligence Service
  • November 2006: The third deputy director of the National Intelligence Service Visiting Professor, Department of North Korean Studies, Ewha Womans University
  • June 2017: Director of the 13th National Intelligence Service of South Korea
  • July 2020: Director of National Security Office

Political activity
  • In March 2018, Suh visited Pyongyang, North Korea for discussing the required steps to denuclearization of North Korea[4]
  • Suh briefed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and foreign minister the same month after his Pyongyang visit.[5]
  • Suh Hoon played a critical role in historical April 2018 inter-Korean summit. He also helped establish two previous first and second inter-Korean summits in 2000 and 2007, is seen as the country’s prime expert on the subject with North Korea. He is known as the South Korean who met with the previous North Korean leader Kim Jong-il the most. [6]
  • On April 2018, Suh Hoon visited North Korea as a South Korean envoy for organising the historic inter-Korean summit. He entered North Korea with a high-level delegation of South Korean officials.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Moon names new spy chief, unification minister, national security advisor". koreajoongangdaily.joins.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. "Suh Hoon, the Director of the National Intelligence Service,". biz.chosun.com (in Korean). 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
  3. UPI뉴스 (2020-07-03). "국정원장 박지원·통일장관 이인영·안보실장 서훈 내정". UPI뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  4. "South Korean Officials Meet Kim Jong Un To Pave The Way For U.S. Talks". NPR.org. 5 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. "Japan cautious while South Korea upbeat after North Korea talks in Tokyo". Reuters. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  6. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-southkorea-summit-spychief/south-koreas-spy-chief-plays-key-role-in-historic-meeting-with-north-idUSKBN1HZ06J |title=South Korea's spy chief plays key role in historic meeting with North
  7. https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/south-korean-envoys-to-visit-north-korea-for-historic-meeting-20180305-p4z2t8.html |title=South Korean envoys to visit North Korea for historic meeting
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