Speaker
HUH Won-Soon
Affliation
The Korea Economic Daily
Title
Editorial Writer
Session

Biography

Huh, Won Soon is an editorialist for The Korea Economic Daily. He earned a bachelor's degree from Seoul National Univ., a master's in Yonsei Graduate School, and completed a visiting scholar at CMRC(Capital Market Research Center) at Georgetown Univ. He works for the Committee of Management of Public Institutions(Presidential Commission), Central Investment Deliberation Committee(MOIS, Ministry of the Interior and Safety), etc. He was a former member of the Policy Advisory Committee of MOIS and MOEF(Ministry of Economy and Finance) and also worked as a member of a Policy Performance Evaluation Committee of the two ministries for years. He has won two times the "Journalist of the Month Award" by the Korean Journalists Association(KJA) and also received a presidential citation. He has written <Low-Tech in the High-Tech Age>, <Living as a President>, <Tasty Economy, Tangy Economy>(co-author), and <Understanding of Economy in DJ Age>(co-author). He has worked for 10 years as an editorial writer at The Korea Economic Daily and was a former chief editor for the City desk and International department. Earlier in his reporter years, he mainly covered the government ministries. During the period covered by the Blue House, he has visited over 50 countries and accompanied the President with overseas reports 17 times.