Lee Joon-hee Named Chairman of LG Sangnam Press Foundation

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By Roh U-Ri
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The LG Sangnam Press Foundation announced Friday that it has appointed Lee Joon-hee, an advisor to the Korea Daily, as its new chairman.

Lee previously served as editor-in-chief, editorial writer, and CEO at the Korea Daily, and has been a board member of the LG Sangnam Press Foundation since 2019.

The foundation also appointed new board members: Yang Sang-hoon, editorial writer at Chosun Ilbo; Yoon Seok-min, professor of communication at Seoul National University; Cho Jeong, editorial writer at SBS; and Lee Jin-woo, head of planning at Maeil Business Newspaper. Byun Young-hoon, head of audit services at Samjong KPMG, was named as the new auditor.

Original reporting by Roh U-Ri for Seoul Economic Daily.

AI-translated from Korean. Quotes from foreign sources are based on Korean-language reports and may not reflect exact original wording.

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