Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Choi Hwi-young appointed the heads of three affiliated agencies on Wednesday: the Korea Creative Content Agency, the Korea Copyright Protection Agency, and the National Gugak Center. The newly appointed chiefs will serve three-year terms running through June 2029.
Kim Yun-ji, a senior research fellow at the Institute for International Economic Studies of the Export-Import Bank of Korea, was named head of the Korea Creative Content Agency, a post that had been vacant for nearly two years. It marks the first time a woman has led the agency since the 2009 merger of five organizations, including the Korea Broadcasting Institute.
A graduate of Seoul National University's anthropology department, Kim worked as a reporter at the Hankyoreh newspaper before joining the Export-Import Bank of Korea in 2009. Serving as a senior research fellow at the bank's Institute for International Economic Studies, she continued writing on cultural economics and Korea's content industry, producing works such as "Hallyu Oejeon," "Hallyunomics," and "Squid Game and the Content Revolution." She is expected to contribute to policies strengthening the export competitiveness of the content industry through her research on the economic and export effects of the Korean Wave.
Yoon Sung-cheon, former director of the Culture and Arts Policy Office at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, was appointed head of the Korea Copyright Protection Agency. Yoon previously served as the ministry's director of the Culture and Arts Policy Office, director-general of copyright, and director of the copyright industry division. He also worked on secondment at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Seo Seung-mi, a professor in the music education department at Gyeongin National University of Education, was named head of the National Gugak Center. A graduate of Seoul National University's Korean traditional music department, Seo has dedicated herself to nurturing students while serving as a professor in the music education department at Gyeongin National University of Education. She has also been active as a daegeum performer.
